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Denunciation of fighting around capital in Central America (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accusation

'denunciation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fighting around capital in central america' is the wordplay.
'fighting' becomes 'action' (action can mean action in war).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'capital in' indicates taking the first letters.
'america' becomes 'usa' (United States of America).
The initial letter of 'central' is 'c'.
'c'+'usa'='cusa'
'action' going around 'cusa' is 'ACCUSATION'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for accusation that I've seen before include "Charge" , "Complaint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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