Retired Army Major robert samcam He pointed out that the issue of national security must be taken into account by the United States due to the danger that the issue of Nicaragua and its links with nations considered repressive at the international level represents for that country.
The ex-military’s statements are given on the occasion of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations, held in New York City, where several countries have demanded that the Ortega regime respect the human rights of the population.
“Daniel Ortega is one of the main enemies of democracy in the United States.” In addition, he pointed out that the current forced migration of Nicaraguans should be a “clear warning.”
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He stressed that the dictator of Nicaragua has “an anti-American sentiment, hidden under a disguise of alleged anti-imperialism, however it is proven that both Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela are platforms to attack the —Joe— Biden administration in this way.”
Given the situation Nicaragua is experiencing, which has forced thousands of Nicaraguans to leave the country for the United States, Roberto Samcam described Ortega as a “cancer since the 1980s in Central America.”
«The armed conflict of the 1980s, the war against the Nicaraguan democratic forces that lasted 10 years, came to an end based on the Esquipulas accords in 1987, led by the president of Costa Rica, Óscar Arias, however, once Ortega returned to the country, the problem has increased, “he recalled.
He also emphasized the military force in which the regime protects itself. “We see that there is an arms race that Ortega has begun to promote with the National Army,” he stressed.
The US has tolerated Nicaragua
Regarding the relationship that the Nicaraguan government has had with Russia and China, the now opposition said that there is a question as to why the United States has “tolerated” these rapprochements with both regimes.
«Before the elections that brought President Joe Biden to power, they thought that the problem for the United States was the countries of the northern triangle (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador), but on several occasions we stated that this was false, that the problem was going to be Daniel Ortega and we are seeing it,” he emphasized.
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He also indicated that Nicaragua is the strongest ally that Vladimir Putin has in the Central American area, as well as Cuba, “which indicates that these three countries are political and military platforms that threaten the security of the United States.”
Another reason for considering Nicaragua a danger —according to Samcam— is based on the words of a Russian television presenter who stated that “it was time to put ballistic missiles on American territory, in a clear reference to the crises of the missiles in 1962”.
It is for the above that the former combatant warns that the Biden administration “must take all these threats seriously, but we are extremely surprised that it is not doing so.”
Finally, the military expert explained that the only thing Ortega fears is economic sanctions, far from the other actions and pressures to which the Nicaraguan regime has been subjected, “but the United States has not wanted to get involved in that.” , despite the insistence of the diaspora, of US senators and congressmen».
