Nicaraguan poet and writer Fabio Mendoza Obandooriginally from El Rama, in the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS), died early Friday, May 6, in Costa Rica.
According to the digital platform La Mesa Redonda, the death was due to bronchopneumonia. In addition, he points out that the poet’s family “denounced alleged medical negligence by the San Juan de Dios hospital in the capital of San José for not wanting to attend to him in a timely manner.”
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In an interview with the same communication medium, Yolanda Mendoza Obando, sister of the deceased, reported that the writer had been ill for 15 days and it was until Thursday, the fifth of this month —after insisting that he be treated— that the hospital He gave him medical attention, intubating him, however he did not endure the process.
It should be noted that Mendoza assured that his brother did not die from the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19, arguing that he had applied the three vaccines against the virus.
Help needed to repatriate body
The relatives of the poet require 750 dollars to be able to repatriate the body to Nicaragua, for which they request support to achieve the objective. To do this, they had a bank account to raise funds. Mendoza Obando’s family enabled the number Simpe 63990966 in the name of Fernando Antonio López Urbina.
You can also send your donation through Western Union in the name of Yolanda del Socorro Mendoza Obando. Article 66 He tried to establish contact with the family of the Nicaraguan writer, but there was no response to calls or messages.
Mendoza Obando lived in Costa Rica for more than 10 years, was an international columnist and wrote opinion pieces for the newspaper La Prensa, one of them titled “Exile is cruel”. On his Twitter account he stated that “I read and write and fight for the freedom of my country, Nicaragua.”
