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Brooklyn Rivera, a revered indigenous leader and founder of the Yatama movement in Nicaragua, has died at 73 after nearly three years of detention by the Nicaraguan government. Detained upon his return to Nicaragua in 2023, Rivera had a decades-long history of fighting for indigenous autonomy and had previously opposed the current regime in the 1980s. His imprisonment was only officially acknowledged a year later under international pressure. The government blamed his death on complications from a Covid-19 infection and physical decline, but human rights groups and the U.S. State Department condemned the regime’s handling of his case as politically motivated and cruel. Rivera, hospitalized since March with severe health issues including renal failure, was shown emaciated and on life support — and his family was denied access to his body. His death has reignited global outcry over human rights abuses in Nicaragua and calls for justice and accountability.

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