the peasant leader Medardo Mairenareleased on February 9, 2023, and exiled to the United States, by order of the Daniel Ortega regime, is dedicating himself to construction work in order to survive.
Although he affirms that the one he currently has is not a permanent job, the former presidential candidate assures that he is proud to fight because “work dignifies a person, makes them feel capable, useful, necessary, self-sufficient, and actively belonging to a (free) society.” economic”.
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“Earning something from your own effort, without anyone giving you anything, is part of the process of personal fulfillment,” the opponent stressed through his Twitter account.
Regarding the situation in the United States, Mairena told Article 66 that “like any citizen” is trying to survive and get ahead.
“Life has changed us (…) in Nicaragua it was different, I had the way to survive, but here —in the US— obviously it has to be undertaken because we are facing new challenges,” said the exiled politician.
He also argued that work “is the trench” that all exiles or exiles from the Ortega regime have to face in order to help their families.
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Medardo Mairena is sharing the challenge of working outside of Nicaragua with the also former politician Pedro Mena. Together — as she explains — they are struggling to survive day by day ».
“Construction work is the biggest thing in this country. We don’t have any problem; we are used to field work and we always stick to our principles”, he asserted with aplomb.
“We fight for the liberation of our homeland”
On the other hand, the 44-year-old opponent said that although he, like thousands of exiles, are facing another reality, they will not forget “that Nicaragua belongs to us and that from our trenches we will continue fighting for the release of our politically kidnapped brothers.”
“We fight for our homeland to be liberated because we love it and we want to return, embrace our families and our brothers in struggle who have suffered alongside us in the struggle,” he added.
Referring to the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, the peasant leader said that it is “unfortunate” how the Ortega regime “continues to lead Nicaragua towards a quagmire, with a collapsed economy and where acts of corruption continue to be committed.
