The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua censored another Catholic radio station in Nicaragua just after the kidnapping of the Bishop of Matagalpa and Apostolic Administrator of Esteli, Msgr. Rolando Alvarez.
A Facebook post on August 24 showed Radio Stereo Fe, of the Diocese of Estelí, lamented that “almost 28 years of radio evangelization on FM have ended today.”
“Today we had a visit from the gentlemen of TELCOR (Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office), Managua”, who “handed us the notification informing us that our radio has to be turned off immediately”, indicated the Catholic radio.
The reason used by the telecommunications body of the Ortega dictatorship “is that the radio works with the License in the Name of Father Francisco Valdivia”, a deceased priest, “and that the new director does not have permission.”
Catholic radio specified that this is an “unjustifiable reason” since they have had “several directors” after Fr. Valdivia without having “any problem” in their 28 years on the air.
This new attack against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua takes place just five days after the National Police, at the service of Ortega, kidnapped Bishop Rolando Álvarez at dawn in the episcopal house of Matagalpa, to subject him to house arrest in Managua, the capital of the country, about three hours by car.
Earlier this month, the Ortega dictatorship shut down another five Catholic radio stations. In one of the police interventions, they forced their way into a church, firing shots into the air and throwing tear gas canisters.