Nicaraguan police on Friday accused a Catholic bishop of inciting violence to destabilize the country.
Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a vocal critic of President Daniel Ortega, has been holed up in his residence for two days.
Ortega, a former guerrilla, has governed Nicaragua since 2007. In the run up to the last election, which took place in November 2021, a number of Ortega’s rivals were imprisoned, as were other critics of the government.
What is Alvarez accused of?
Police said that the…