Police raids of NGOs provoke outcry in Nicaragua

Police raids of two non-governmental organizations critical of Nicaragua's leftist government provoked an outcry Sunday from opposition leaders who called them a throwback to dictatorship. National Police broke down the doors of the two offices Friday night and Saturday morning and seized documents and computers. A judge ordered the raids as part of an investigation against the two groups for "crimes against the state," prosecutor Jose Abraham Rojas told reporters. The Center of Media Investigations, known as Cinco, and the Autonomous Movement for Women are one... [read full story]