Indigenous Leader Brooklyn Rivera Dies After Nearly 3 Years In Nicaraguan Prison

Bogdan Hofbauer

The political prisoner spent decades fighting the Sandinistas and present-day government to secure the Miskito community's rights and land. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Brooklyn Rivera , a renowned Indigenous leader from Nicaragua who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 2023, has died. The Nicaraguan government issued a statement Sunday claiming that Rivera died from a bacterial infection after his health had declined following

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