Prior to the 53rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), to be held between June 21 and 23, a group of 54 Nicaraguans, of the 317 who have been declared stateless by the Sandinista regime, released an open letter in which they reject the attempts of the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of Brazil, which seeks to soften a resolution presented by five other countries that make up the Monitoring Group on the crisis in Nicaragua, against the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega.
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They denounce that the proposals presented by the Brazilian government “seek to question the unprecedented brutality applied by the Ortega and Murillo dictatorship against thousands of citizens; —in addition— they offend relatives of those murdered and all the victims of the repression of the totalitarian State of Ortega and Murillo”.
They also called on the countries represented in the OAS “to be consistent with the declarations issued in previous Assemblies; to respect the investigations carried out by expert organizations of the inter-American system (GREN and MESENI), the IACHR and the universal human rights system (the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Group of Experts for Nicaragua , GREHN).
On the other hand, the signatories of the letter demanded that the OAS delegations declare the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo illegitimate, since they affirm that the “presidential victory” is the “result of an electoral masquerade in 2021.”
For his part, the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro He said this Tuesday, June 20, at a press conference, that he has “deep respect for Brazil’s position on all multilateral issues on the agenda of the Organization of American States and we believe that Brazil’s position is always positive and contributes within the system the resolution”.
He also stressed that the resolution “on the table is one more effort by the organization to condemn the lack of democracy in Nicaragua, as well as the systematic violations of human rights by the regime. In this sense, all countries are doing their best to make this situation positive (…)».
Regarding the issues to be addressed in the OAS Assembly, it has been agreed to demand the freedom of political prisoners, dialogue with the dictatorship and the return of international human rights organizations.
This Assembly takes place five months after the two years have elapsed for the Government of Nicaragua to officially cease to be part of the body, after the Daniel Ortega regime denounced the Charter and decided to leave.
The document was signed by 54 declared stateless by the Ortega dictatorship, including activists, human rights defenders, feminists, former politicians and journalists.
