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Feb
The United States called for the "immediate release" of the bishop Rolando Alvarez, sentenced to 26 years in prison in Nicaragua, according to a State Department spokesman said this Monday, February 13. He Pope Francisco He had demanded his release yesterday, and also said he was "saddened" by the news he is receiving about the situation in that country. "We condemn this action by the Nicaraguan government and we ask for the immediate release of Bishop Álvarez," he said. ned pricefour days after the prelate refused to go to the United States with 222 other released opponents who were expelled…