WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a joint hearing, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chair María Elvira Salazar and Human Rights Subcommittee Chair Chris Smith condemned the ongoing persecution of Catholic religious leaders in Nicaragua under the Ortega/Murillo regime. The focus of the hearing was the unjust imprisonment of Catholic Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, and the broader persecution faced by the Catholic community in Nicaragua.Chairwoman Salazar expressed her outrage at the Ortega regime's audacity to target Bishop Álvarez and the Catholic Church. She sent a...
