In his Twitter account, the president thus reacted to the arrival in the United States of the group of opponents and critics of the Nicaraguan government who was released this Thursday and later expelled from his country.
“We celebrate the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua”, wrote the head of state, who also expressed his solidarity with the relatives of the political prisoners.
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Among the political prisoners released by the Government of Nicaragua are Cristiana Chamorro, the candidate for the Nicaraguan Presidency who had the greatest probability of defeating the current president, Daniel Ortega, as well as other opponents such as Félix Madariaga and student leaders Lesther Alemán and Max Sherry.
After the liberation, they were transferred to the international airport of Managua, where They boarded a plane bound for Washington.
For his part, the spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, confirmed at a press conference that The political prisoners arrived this Thursday at Dulles airport (Virginia, USA), on the outskirts of Washington. Those released will receive legal and medical assistance from the Government of President Joe Biden.
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A US official told EFE that the decision to release the prisoners was taken by Ortega on his own initiative and the United States has agreed to facilitate their transport.
The entrance Abdo Benítez celebrates the release of Nicaraguan political prisoners was first published on newspaper TODAY.
