Among the crimes committed by the regime against religious people are: imprisonment, torture, group persecution and deportation, crimes that, in the opinion of the organization, threaten not only religious people and the country, but also humanity, which is why they should be judged under the principle of universality by the international community.
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«The perpetrators of these crimes have followed direct orders from high state officials. When we talk about a State policy we understand that a pattern is followed in the attacks or crimes, that there is a specific organization, planning and direction.»says the report that was presented by Salvador Marenco and Wendy Quintero, representatives of the Collective.
The report indicates that from 2022 to date, at least 74 religious people have been arbitrarily detained, including 11 evangelical pastors, most of them sentenced behind closed doors and without guarantees of due process, also under the shadow of the regime, with Sandinista judges and mounted witnesses.
The regime was not satisfied with the kidnappings or arbitrary detentions of the religious, it took its crimes even further and carried out torture against the religious. The bulletin states that some priests reported that they were kept under constant interrogation for more than three months, in which they exercised psychological violence.
The recent rejection of the entry of the Nicaraguan regime into the BRICS group is one more defeat for the Sandinista dictatorship and clearly demonstrates that the supposed “strategic” allies of Beijing and Moscow actually see the dictator Ortega as “an insignificant pawn who cannot “It is worth defending against Brazil,” says political analyst and opposition leader Félix Maradiaga.
consulted by Article 66 Regarding the political and economic repercussions embodied by Brazil’s veto of Nicaragua’s entry into the BRICS group, and which was respected by China and Russia, Maradiaga believes that the dictatorship is in serious trouble in seeking a “lifeline,” since it was demonstrated that both the Chinese and the Russians do not have the patience to deal with a dictatorship that is not capable of supporting itself.
Maradiaga recalled that dictator Ortega has definitely not been taken seriously by the member countries of the BRICS, which were originally Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa, which began their meetings in 2010. Iran, Ethiopia and Egypt have recently joined. . «Regimes like those of Daniel Ortega, in Nicaragua, and Nicolás Maduro, in Venezuela; “both cornered by international sanctions.”
«The reality is that, at least this year, there is no place for those who can no longer even hide their decline. “Neither Venezuela, nor Nicaragua, nor Afghanistan, passed the filter for joining the BRICS, after being vetoed by Brazil,” says the political scientist banished by the dictatorship after being imprisoned for more than a year.
Remittances sent by Nicaraguans who have been forced to emigrate to seek better living conditions increased by 10.8% in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year and, although the United States continues to be the country of origin of greater amount of dollars remitted, Nicaraguans in that country have begun to reduce the amount of money they send to their relatives.
The most recent report on the evolution of remittances, published by the Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN), indicates that, during the third quarter of this year, 1,350.5 million dollars entered the country, which represents an increase of 10.8% compared to the previous year. recorded in the same quarter of 2023, when a total of US$1,218.5 million arrived in the country.
Official data from the BCN indicate that, until the end of the third quarter, accumulated remittances totaled 3,828.3 million dollars, which marks a growth of 11.5% compared to last year, when, until September, they accumulated US$3,433.5 million.
