MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Independent newspaper La Prensa received on Friday the remaining supplies that had been held up at customs for 18 months without explanation, after President Daniel Ortega’s government decided to release them to Nicaragua’s oldest paper and a critic of his administration. Chamorro said a “small part” of paper used for commercial printing was infected by moths from its time in storage, but the paper used for printing the newspaper was in good condition. La Prensa had warned previously that it was on the brink of shuttering its print edition due to the lack of access to supplies. It had shrunk the print issue from 36 pages to eight pages and let go nearly 300 of its 400 employees. Chamorro said normal printing would likely resume “in a few weeks.”The government never said why the materials were retained in customs.

Source: thestar February 08, 2020 02:15 UTC