Nicaragua's government on Friday released a shipment of impounded ink and paper belonging to La Prensa newspaper, which has been critical of leftist President Daniel Ortega, one of the owners said.
The United States welcomed the release of the ink and paper seized in October 2018. Washington has imposed sanctions on it for human rights violations following a wave of anti-government protests in 2018, and urged Managua to ease restrictions on other organizations.
La Prensa is Nicaragua's biggest newspaper and has been a thorn in the side of Ortega, repeatedly referring to him as the "dictator" in the wake of the protests that were crushed by the security forces. About 326 people died in the unrest.
