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Nicaragua prohibits entry of Washington Post correspondent who was going to cover elections

"The Ortega regime denied entry to the country to journalist Mary Beth Sheridan, Mexico and Central America correspondent for The Washington Post, who intended to cover the general elections on Sunday, Nov. 7.

According to the journalist's account, this Thursday [Nov. 4] she arrived at Mexico's International Airport with ticket in hand, ready to travel to Managua, since 36 hours before the flight she had met the requirements that the Nicaraguan government requested to enter the country.

'But when I got to the airport, the Aeroméxico employees told me that the Nicaraguan government had not authorized my entry into the country, so I couldn't board the plane.'"

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