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2 unusual facts about Miguel Obando y Bravo


La Libertad, Chontales

It is the birthplace of the President Daniel Ortega and of Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo.

Miguel Obando y Bravo

However, when many such abuses were reported by organizations (including Human Rights Watch and several human rights groups established by clergy of the Catholic Church itself), he did not denounce them as he had pledged to.


Edén Pastora

After negotiating a USD $500,000 deal with Somoza and Cardinal Miguel Obando, Pastora, Ortega and other released prisoners left for Cuba, where he claimed to have been a "prisoner" lavished with women and luxury, but not allowed to leave the country until Martín Torrijos, the son of then Panamanian strongman Omar Torrijos and Pastora's personal friend, voiced his concern and went to Cuba to rescue him personally.


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