WORLD IN BRIEF : NICARAGUA : Ortega Warned He May Face Charges
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nicaragua’s governing coalition threatened to press criminal charges against former President Daniel Ortega for allegedly fomenting a wave of unrest by Sandinista sympathizers. Backers of the former regime have seized at least six city halls and four radio stations to protest government efforts to repeal laws that gave confiscated land and houses to thousands of Sandinista loyalists. Antonio Lacayo, a top aide to President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, met with Ortega to try to defuse the crisis.
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