In Costa Rica, there’s a new voice of Nicaraguan resistance

The World

In 2018, singer-guitarist Olguita Acuña left Nicaragua in the dead of night, following death threats and police harassment. Acuña made it to neighboring Costa Rica, sofa surfed, and, like many others forced to flee Nicaragua, applied for refugee status. Now, she’s carrying on her activism. Jamie Fullerton reports.

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