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    White House turns up the pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega

    by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Jul 30, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The White House announced Monday that it has confiscated U.S.-donated vehicles from Nicaraguan security forces and suspended future donations and sales in response to President Daniel Ortega's deadly crackdown on opponents.

    In the administration's strongest condemnation yet, the White House accused Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, of having "brutalized their own people" with "indiscriminate violence" that has killed more than 300 people in three months. Hundreds more have been jailed, tortured or have disappeared, human rights organizations say.

    Ortega, a revolutionary hero for the leftist Sandinista Front when it toppled Nicaragua's U.S.-backed dictator

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