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Nicaraguan rebel leader Chamorro ousted, Post says

The US-backed Nicaraguan rebel movement expelled one of its leaders who had publicly accused the CIA of duplicity toward Congress, the Washington Post reported in Sunday editions. The national directorate of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force sent a letter to Edgar Chamorro informing him of his dismissal from the seven-member directorate, the newspaper reported, quoting Adoloto Calero, president of the FDN.