Carl David Goette-Luciak is an Austrian-American journalist. Carl contributed to media outlets such as British daily ''

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'' and ''

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'' and was based in Nicaragua for three years. Goette-Luciak was the victim of a targeted online harassment campaign and threats from Ortega supporters (particularly on websites such as Mintpress News and

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), and his address was published online; the campaign was denounced by the

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. Like Tim Rodgers, an American reporter was forced to leave Nicaragua, Goette-Luciak was accused by law enforcement officers of working for the

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(CIA) and was

deported Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The term ''expulsion'' is often used as a synonym for deportation, though expulsion is more often used in the context of international law, while deportation ...

afterwards. One police officer alleged he was being removed from the country for attending illegal protests and distributing false information.

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