The Ninth Summit of the Americas started this Monday in the city of Los Angeles, United States, with the opening of the Civil Society Forum and in the midst of the controversy over the exclusion, already confirmed by the Government of Joe Biden, of the dictators of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua .
The Castro regime rejected its exclusion and accused the United States of abusing its “host country privilege” to maintain a “discriminatory and unacceptable” position with the three countries.
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In turn, the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradordecided not to appear at the summit in support of the dictatorships, but chose to send his foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard.
US senator Bob Menendez He expressed his concern about it and pointed out that this “will delay efforts” in relations between the United States and Mexico.
For his part, Salvador Nasralla, Vice President of Honduras, criticized the fact that Honduran President Xiomara Castro has decided not to attend. Nasralla explained, in a series of tweets, that Castro’s decision “is (an) opportunity that Honduras loses” and that she places them alongside dictatorships where the population cannot choose.
When asked why Daniel Ortega, the United States Undersecretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, was not invited, Brian Nichols, He said that because of “the lack of democracy and human rights violations.”
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Louis Almagrogave welcoming remarks at the opening ceremony of the Civil Society Forum taking place within the framework of the Summit of the Americas.
In the first of the two days of the forum, the protection of the environment, the defense of democracy, the construction of sustainable cities and the strengthening of the region to face global emergencies were addressed.
More than 20 Nicaraguans participate in the summit, including representatives of the Blue and White National Unity (UNAB), Civic Alliance, diaspora, human rights defenders, the Peasant Movement, the outlawed Citizens for Freedom party, and relatives of political prisoners. .
Almagro confirmed that he held a meeting with a Nicaraguan delegation on the dismantling of civil society, crimes against humanity and other violations of the Daniel Ortega regime.
The United States Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, brian nicholsassured that “hard sanctions are coming” against the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
During the opening of the Summit of the Americas, the senior US official confirmed to Nicaraguan journalists that the Joe Biden government warned the Nicaraguan dictatorship about possible penalties if it does not change course.
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Daniel Ortega recently announced that his ambassador in Washington, Francisco Campbell, had been notified of future sanctions.
The European Parliament will discuss this week a resolution on the instrumentalization of justice as a repressive tool in Nicaraguainformed the MEP Soraya Rodríguez.
The official is part of a group of parliamentarians who propose to sanction 14 Nicaraguan judges who have participated in arbitrary processes against political prisoners, including Nadia Camila Tardencilla, Ángel Jeancarlos Fernández González, Karen Chavarría and Luden Quiroz, who have sentenced the prisoners of « The New Chipote”.
Rodríguez urged Parliament to take “clear steps and punish those responsible.”
Ortega named his new representatives to the European Union and the Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. On this occasion, he selected apparently trusted officials who already hold diplomatic positions in those regions instead of choosing a new emissary.
The ambassador to Russia, Alba Azucena Torres Mejiawas appointed to represent the Daniel Ortega regime also in Kyrgyzstan, in addition to being the head of the Nicaraguan delegation in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Armenia and Belarus.
The ambassador who will represent Ortega before the European bloc is Ziola Yanira Müller Goffwho already held the post of ambassador to Belgium.
This day the resignation of Rolando José Sevilla Boza as president of the Board of Directors of the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Financial Institutions (FOGADE) was also published in La Gaceta and, in his place, Ortega appointed Alvaro Jose Altamirano Padillaalleged relative of the current Superintendent of Banks and who is linked to the state bank Bancorp.
