SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica: Nicaragua announced on Sunday that it had released a number of Catholic clergy members critical of the government, including bishop Rolando Alvarez.

The 57-year-old Alvarez, a strong critic of President Daniel Ortega, was sent along with 13 priests and three seminarians to Rome, local media and exiled opposition members said.

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