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Argentina, Chile offer protection to Nicaragua exiles

The governments of Argentina and Chile said they would take steps to offer protection to hundreds of Nicaraguans vulnerable to being left stateless by their government.
Last week, Nicaragua’s government moved to strip 94 people of their citizenship, and has said it will do the same for over 200 recently released political prisoners.
Argentina’s presidential spokesperson said on Twitter the government “was willing to grant Argentine citizenship” to “all those suffering from what is happening in Nicaragua.”
In a statement, Chile’s foreign ministry said the government will “arbitrate the necessary legal means to offer them the proper international protection, which allows them to reside in the country and obtain Chilean nationality.”
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