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Cuban-American exile leader and international entrepreneur Ricardo Mas Canosa has been declared persona non grata in Nicaragua after he won a large lawsuit against the Nicaraguan telecommunications industry, involved himself in the country's electoral politics, and became a Daniel Ortega supporter. Then he sued again, claiming his human rights had been violated.
Mas Canosa is best known in the US as a leader in the Miami anti-Castro movement. He is a brother of Jorge Mas Canosa, founder of the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), who died in 1997. Apart from politics, he is owner of Elite International Telecommunications.
A controversial contract with ENITEL, the Nicaraguan telecom company, to provide long-distance service between the US and Nicaragua resulted in a lawsuit, the outcome of which netted Mas more than US$5 million. He gets to keep the money only if he prevails on appeal. The suit also touched off charges and countercharges of ineptitude and malfeasance between the judicial system and the attorney general, which eventually rose to the Corte Suprema.
Other troubles for Mas Canosa arose in the Nicaraguan political arena. Despite the aversion to all things Castro that has become a large part of his public identity, the Cuban-American joined the celebration of the 24th anniversary of the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (FSLN) revolution on July 19.
He took advantage of the occasion to express his support for the presidential candidacy of FSLN leader...
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