NGOs Expelled

On August 26, NPR's Noel King spoke with Simon Ticehurst of Oxfam about the Non-governmental Organizations that have been expelled from Nicaragua. This is among a growing number of ways in which the Ortega-Murillo regime is limiting not only dissent but discourse of any kind as the election approaches.

Throughout the past half-century, outside observers have been key to combating repression in the region. The removal of Oxfam is a very grave matter.