Trump's team keen to unite anti-dictatorship exiles, Nicaragua dissident says


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  • Friday, 08 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Former Nicaraguan presidential hopeful Felix Maradiaga, one of the more than 200 freed political prisoners from Nicaragua, is embraced by a supporter after arriving in the United States at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia near Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Members of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team reached out to a leading Nicaraguan opposition figure on Thursday, saying they want to unite exiled communities from Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela, the opposition figure said.

Miami-based Felix Maradiaga, head of Nicaragua's Freedom Foundation and a vocal critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, told Reuters he received a "courtesy call" from Trump representatives seeking to "open communication channels with the incoming administration."

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