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Director of Miss Nicaragua pageant accused of rigging contest in plot to help overthrow gov't
Nicaraguan police say they want to arrest the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, accusing her of intentionally rigging contests so that anti-government beauty queens would win the pageants as part of a plot to overthrow the government.
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Crimes Against Humanity Likely Committed in Nicaragua, Says UN Human Rights Group
The Nicaraguan government engaged in βextrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment,β according to the report.