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306:, alleged "acts that undermine the independence, sovereignty and self-determination of peoples and incite foreign interference." Passed by the FSLN-controlled legislature in December 2020, Law 1055 gives the government broad power to arrest anyone it designates a "traitor to the homeland." The detention of Aguerri and others drew international outcry, with former
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governed with the support of the business sector by granting them privileged status and input on law-making. Members of the business sector enjoyed positions in public-private partnerships, government ministries, government agencies, and investment commissions: Aguerri for example was on the board of
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Born 1961 or 1962, José Adán
Aguerri Chamorro is the son of Hilda Chamorro and José Adán "Chanito" Aguerri Hurtado. The elder Chanito, with his father, opened the Aguerri Theater, Nicaragua's first movie theater and from there built a successful business operating movie theaters in Nicaragua.
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as a strong proponent of the "consensus model" that gave the business community a large degree of influence over economic policy in exchange for supporting Ortega. However, the consensus broke down over social security reforms and human rights abuses in April 2018 and
Aguerri became a vocal critic of
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Aguerri is an economist by profession. He worked at Banco Uno for a time and then in 2005 was introduced to the
Chamber of Commerce by his high school classmate Sucre Frech Zablah (son of the famous sports announcer). Aguerri became immediately successful: within nine months he was president of the
325:(IACHR) issued a ruling finding him in an "extremely grave situation. As such, there exists an urgent necessity to adopt measures that avoid irreparable harm to the rights of life and physical integrity" and therefore ordered his release, as well as the release of fellow opposition leaders
298:, where he traveled as a member of the Civic Alliance to escort a radio owner who had been subject to confiscation. On 8 June 2021, Aguerri was part of a wave of arrests by the Ortega government, including four opposition pre-candidates for president in the
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in the opposition camp. He called for Ortega to step down and commented that the business community shared some responsibility for the crisis, having focused on their economic priorities while ignoring issues around democracy and civic institutions.
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the beginning of the insurrection in late 1978. Then part of the student opposition, Aguerri's family went into exile for their safety, first living in
England and later in the United States and Mexico. In the US, Aguerri studied economics at
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