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Central American University (Managua)

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Universidad Centroamericana UCA
Universidad Centroamericana UCA

Central American University – Managua (Universidad Centroamericana – UCA) is a private Catholic university located in Managua, Nicaragua. It was founded in July 1960 by the Society of Jesus on land donated by the Somoza family and was the first private university in Central America. It numbers among its alumni Daniel Ortega, who did not graduate, Daisy Zamora, Sheynnis Palacios, and Ernesto Leal. On August 16, 2023, the government seized the university and renamed it Universidad Nacional Casimiro Sotelo Montenegro.[1][2] (Another Jesuit institution called "UCA" was founded in El Salvador in 1965 and is more fully named Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas.)

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Universidad Centroamericana (Campus Universitario)

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11127 Managua
Managua, Nicaragua
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