forty five of the 94 Nicaraguan citizens who were declared “stateless”signed a statement in which they denounced “the brutal aggression that the dictatorial regime of the Ortega Murillo has launched against us and thousands of others”, while thank the international community for their accompanimentand ask them to continue denouncing the “medieval and Nazi” actions of the dictatorship.
On February 15, judges subordinated to the orders of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo declared 94 citizens “traitors to the country” and “fugitives from justice”, who were also ordered to strip them of their nationality, and to confiscate their property.
Then it would be known that they also They froze their Social Security pensionsdespite the fact that they are not a gift, but only the return of your life savings.
“What the regime wants is to crush us civilly and politically. That we immobilize ourselves, and that we cannot continue defending democracy. That we waste time, seeking to solve problems of a personal nature, instead of advancing in the fight to restore democracy in Nicaragua,” said Edipcia Dubón, one of those affected.
They add that “the departure and dismantling of the totalitarian police state is essential for us Nicaraguans to recover our rights; we exiles return safely; justice is done to the victims and we conquer democracy”.
The group points out in its letter that, “for thinking differently and demanding justice, democracy and freedom, the dictatorship stripped us of our nationality, through an illegal resolution that violated our human rights, national legislation and international agreements.”
They add that “nationality is an inalienable right and no one can take it away from us. We are and will be Nicaraguans until the end of our days, because we were born there and because we are an inseparable part of that brave, joyful, and generous people. That is why we will continue fighting to have a homeland for all”.
The signatories called on “all democratic governments, especially those of Latin America, to reject these illegal and inhumane acts”, while thanking “to all the governments that have condemned the dictatorship for the systematic violation of the human rights of Nicaraguans and those who have generously offered us their nationality”, asking them to maintain their “rejection of the Ortega regime”, and to continue accompanying them in “the defense of our rights and the establishment of democracy”. .
international support
The appeal to the international community occupied a relevant space in the positions expressed by some of those affected, recalling not only the surprise and the rejection expressed by some governmentsin the face of such unusually cruel punishments, while pointing out those politicians and institutions that have kept a scandalous silence.
In this regard, the former guerrilla Mónica Baltodano, whose name is on the list of the 94, said that commissions have been organized to request meetings in different instances, both in Costa Rica and in other countries, and made “an emphatic call to the president from Brazil Luis Inácio ‘Lula’ Da Silva, to Brazil, to the Workers’ Party, to say that it is not possible that they are keeping silence regarding what is happening in Nicaragua.”
He added that “what is happening is totally contrary to the democratic ideals and justice that they have upheld, and a general call to all nations, particularly in Central America, to demonstrate against this atrocity, which is absolutely inadmissible in the democracy and modern regimes.
Dubón took the opportunity to specify that “all Latin American governments that you already know -Mexico, ColombiaEcuador, Uruguay, Panama, Chiliamong others— have expressed great solidarity with the 222 released and expatriated, and with the 94”, to whom they have offered nationality, “so that we do not remain stateless”.
Regarding Costa Rica, the country where most of them reside, he indicated that “it must be noted that the Costa Rican government has been very clear and forceful in ignoring (Ortega’s illegal actions), and has called for the restoration of democratic order , and to respect international conventions”.
The economist Enrique Sáenz pointed out that “regarding the stripping of our nationality, we are already taking action before the competent authorities, because it is a practically medieval, Nazi action, which only has a precedent in the cruelest dictatorships. We are going to exhaust all international legal instances, aware that in Nicaragua there is no law, because the law is the will of the tyrant.”
Finally, Silvia Nadine Gutiérrez urged “the countries of the international community to continue supporting us in the complaint; that they continue to raise their voices, for the rights of all Nicaraguans”, convinced that the actions of the dictatorship cause “more countries to reject the actions of that regime”.
