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The opposition's main presidential candidates - Cristiana Chamorro, Arturo Cruz, Félix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Miguel Mora, Medardo Mairena and Noel Vidaurre - were swept out of contention by being variously detained, restricted, barred and forced into exile in mid-2021 under a phalanx of "anti-terrorist" and "defence of national sovereignty" laws.