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No concessions made to Nicaragua for release of political prisoners, US says

09/09/2024

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2024.09.09 16:58

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs for Central America Eric Jacobstein speaks as he holds a news conference on the humanitarian assistance to Nicaraguan political prisoners with Guatemala’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Ramiro Martinez, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin/File Photo

(Reuters) – The United States did not give any sort of concessions to Nicaragua in exchange for the release of 135 political prisoners last week, an official said on Monday.

“There were no exchanges or concessions made,” Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Eric Jacobstein, said in a press conference.

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