MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 15 — Full Story">Cal Ripken Jr. could have guessed it was going to be “a real interesting trip,” as he diplomatically put it, when the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua decided it was too dangerous for the baseball Hall of Famer to stay as planned at the Intercontinental hotel in the capital. The night before his arrival, a mob of club-wielding Full Story">Sandinista supporters had smashed windows at the mall next door, part of ongoing violence here since contested elections.

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