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Alvaro Leiva
NICARAGUANS have responded angrily after the boss of a US-sponsored human rights group was accused of embezzling $500,000 (£400,280) in donations after fleeing to Costa Rica to claim political asylum.
The theft was discovered earlier this month following a restructuring of the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (ANPDH) after a meeting between its directors and the ultra-conservative Bishop of Esteli, Abelardo Mata.
Alvaro Leiva was removed from his post as the ANPDH executive secretary having left Nicaragua in August last year.
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