Why did Nicaragua strip hundreds of people’s citizenships?

Will stripping citizenship silence Nicaragua’s critics?

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega delivers a speech throughout a unprecedented session of the Nationwide Meeting of Folks's Energy of Cuba in commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the creation of ALBA-TCP on the Conference Palace in Havana, Cuba, December 14, 2022. [Yamil Lage/Reuters]

Greater than 300 Nicaraguans, thought-about political opponents of President Daniel Ortega, have been stripped of their citizenship. Some had been already overseas however 222 had been just lately deported from Nicaragua to the US and compelled into exile. It's the newest transfer by Ortega to crack down on political dissent. However will it reach silencing his critics?

On this episode: 

• Felix Maradiaga (@maradiaga), Nicaraguan activist and former presidential candidate

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra with Chloe Ok Li and our host, Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin and Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Andy Greiner and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s govt producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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