Nicaraguan baseball manager fired after speaking about virus

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A Nicaraguan Hall of Fame baseball manager has been fired, days after publicly speaking about being hospitalized with COVID-19 along with his son and coach. San Fernando Beasts manager Norman Cardoze Sr. was not given a reason for his firing, but his wife Fátima Ruiz said Tuesday the family suspects it was because they spoke about being infected with the virus. The government of President Daniel Ortega has continued to downplay the threat posed by the epidemic even as its toll has become more difficult to hide with more victims subjected to “express burials” and more medical personnel speaking out.