Nicaragua closed two universities linked to the Catholic Church on Tuesday, by depriving them of legal status for “non-compliance” with laws, one day after taking the same measure with the main business unions.
The Ministry of the Interior (Interior) published in the official newspaper La Gaceta the cancellations of the legal status of the Juan Pablo II University, based in Managua and four other cities, and the Autonomous Christian University of Nicaragua (UCAN), based in León and five other cities.
The cancellation was decreed “for being in breach of their obligations under the laws that regulate them,” according to the resolution signed by the Minister of the Interior, María Amelia Coronel Kinloch.
Both universities “have hindered the control and surveillance of the General Directorate for Registration and Control of Non-Profit Organizations” of the Ministry, the resolution indicates.
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The Ministry of the Interior indicated that the authorities of the Juan Pablo II University “do not report financial statements for the period 2021 to 2022” and that its board of directors had expired since August 17, 2020. It argued that from the UCAN “they did not report financial statements ”.