Rep. Smith: Bishop Alvarez suffers 500 days in Ortega's gulag
January 03, 2024
January 03, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Jan. 2, 2024:
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, today issued the following statement as Bishop Alvarez suffers 500 days in Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega's gulag:
"Nicaragua's Ortega-Murillo regime has escalated their crackdown on the Catholic Church--during the Christmas season--these past two weeks.
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Global Human Rights Subcommittee, today issued the following statement as Bishop Alvarez suffers 500 days in Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega's gulag:
"Nicaragua's Ortega-Murillo regime has escalated their crackdown on the Catholic Church--during the Christmas season--these past two weeks.