Nicaragua breaks ties with UN refugee agency


A logo is pictured on a banner at the UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) -Nicaragua has cut ties with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the U.N.'s refugee agency, the Central American nation's Foreign Ministry said in a letter to the organization on Thursday.

(Reporting by Gabriela Selser and Kylie Madry; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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