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200 Nicaragua students return home from Venezuela
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/200-nicaragua-students-return-home-from-venezuela/2014/05/19/7b521586-dfc2-11e3-9442-54189bf1a809_story.htmlMANAGUA, Nicaragua — More than 200 Nicaraguan medical students who were studying in Venezuela with the financial help of that South American country have returned home without finishing their studies, authorities and their relatives said Monday.
Nicaraguan officials wouldn’t comment on why the students came home over the weekend, but Venezuela is caught up in a political crisis and is struggling with economic problems.
Sharon Dixon, mother of one of the students, said authorities had alerted parents on Friday that their children would be returning to Nicaragua by Sunday.
“They didn’t give a reason, but I understand that there are economic, political and social problems” in Venezuela, Dixon said.
