Nicaragua releases 100 prisoners, national dialogue starts

By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) - The Nicaraguan government on Wednesday released 100 people the opposition considers political prisoners, just as government and opposition leaders restarted talks aimed at ending a national crisis. Pablo Cuevas, an attorney for the Permanent Commission of Human Rights, a non-governmental organization, said the detainees began leaving penitentiaries in the morning. Nicaragua's interior ministry said 100 people were freed but did not give details on their condition

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