Exiled Nicaraguan opposition leader sees dwindling options for democracy
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FILE - Opposition leader and former Nicaragua presidential candidate Felix Maradiaga, talks to reporters after arriving from Nicaragua at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, after some inmates considered by many to be political prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrived in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)FILE - Nicaraguan opposition activist Felix Maradiaga stands at attention as the national anthem is sung during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)FILE - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, arrive at the Juan Pablo II plaza to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Cristobal Venegas, File)FILE - A university student fires a homemade mortar in honor of high school student Chester Chavarria who was killed while guarding a barricade at the Autonomous University of Nicaragua, where students are barricading themselves inside for protection from government security forces and armed supporters, in Managua, Nicaragua on June 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)FILE - Hundreds of thousands participate in a demonstration called the "March of the Flowers" remembering the children killed during the last two-months of protests, in Managua, Nicaragua, on June 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)FILE - Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate Felix Maradiaga hugs his daughter, Alejandra, after arriving from Nicaragua at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, after inmates considered by many to be political prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrived in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Felix Maradiaga stands for a portrait in Doral, Fla., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto)
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FILE - Opposition leader and former Nicaragua presidential candidate Felix Maradiaga, talks to reporters after arriving from Nicaragua at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, after some inmates considered by many to be political prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrived in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)