US Ambassador Chased from University

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Nicaragua: U.S. Ambassador Chased From University

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 30, 2009

Demonstrators hurling fireworks chased the American ambassador from a university fair on Friday because of his criticism of a Supreme Court ruling letting President Daniel Ortega seek another term. Riot police officers and bodyguards hustled the ambassador, Robert J. Callahan, back into his car, and he left unharmed. The embassy has come under fire since Mr. Callahan called the ruling that overturned the one-term limit “improper.”