In turn, Foreign Affairs described the actions of the Nicaraguan government as a “encroachment on individual liberties” which is “clearly in violation of international law, the inter-American legal system and the democratic values that are promoted by the Latin American community”.
Daniel Ortega took away the nationality of almost 100 opposition Nicaraguans
The repudiation of the Uruguayan government is based on the recent decision of the president of the Central American country, Daniel Ortegaand his wife and vice president, Rosario Murilloto strip 94 opposition figures of their nationality, including acclaimed writers Sergio Ramirez and Gioconda Belliand the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Silvio Baez.
On that list are also the former commander of the Sandinista revolution Luis Carrionveteran human rights defender Vilma Nunezthe former chancellor Norman Calderathe former Sandinista magistrate Rafael Solisthe former ambassador to the OAS Arthur McFields and the journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro.
Thus, these people join the total of 317 who were accused of “treason against the homeland”, in addition to the 222 exiled who were recently expelled from the Central American nation.
Mujica affirmed that “Ortega lost his hand a long time ago”
After learning the news, the former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica He assured that the Nicaraguan president “had lost his hand” a while ago, in reference to the wave of repression of opponents in Managua.
“Hand? It’s been a while since he left” Ortega, said Mujica, in response to a question from the press about the situation in the Central American country.
Mujica, who was also a leftist guerrilla in the 20th century before converting to Uruguayan democratic political life and becoming president (2010-2015), made the comment about Ortega at the exit of an act in the University of the Republicin which he was honored by the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombiafor “his contribution to the peace building process” in that country.
Source: Ambito
