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SAN JOSÉ: Nicaraguan authorities have arrested six priests over the past two days, bringing to 11 the number of clergy detained since December 20, news reports and opposition figures said Saturday.Nicaragua is led by President Daniel Ortega, a former guerrilla leader who toppled a US-backed right-wing regime in the 1970s and ruled for more than a decade.But since returning to power in 2007, Ortega has turned authoritarian as he exiled and jailed dissidents and rivals, quashed presidential term limits and seized control of all branches of the state. He has also locked horns with the Catholic Church.The names of six priests arrested since Friday were published by Nicaraguan news outlets operat

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