The representations of Brazil and Argentina before the Organization of American States (OAS) will join the condemnation against the persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. This Friday, August 12, the entity will analyze the situation in Nicaragua, marked by the new wave of repression against the religious.
Both countries will condemn the Ortega regime for the resurgence of repression in the country, as reported by the former ambassador to the continental body, Arturo McFields Yescasthrough his Twitter account.
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“Brazil asked to join as a co-sponsor of the resolution that condemns religious persecution and human rights violations in Nicaragua,” said McFields.
As for Argentina, the former diplomat stated that that country “will condemn Nicaragua in the OAS for the deterioration of human rights and attacks on religious freedom.”
The issue of Nicaragua, brought back to the forefront of the OAS, comes after Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Peru, the United States and Uruguay on August 8; request the meeting where a resolution is discussed to “strongly” condemn the repressive actions that the Daniel Ortega regime has carried out against non-governmental and religious organizations and the media.
The condemnation document reflects the “deep concern of the member countries”, because despite the exhortations, resolutions, mandates of the General Assembly and the Permanent Council itself, the “climate of oppression has worsened with a growing number of arbitrary arrests; forced closure of non-governmental organizations; the autocratic seizure of mayorships in five municipalities by an opposition political party; an intensification of the repression of journalists and the freedom of the media; and attacks on nuns and priests of the Roman Church of the Catholic faith.”
In recent weeks, the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship launched a new attack on the Catholic Church, closing, through the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office (Telcor), ten stations run by the Diocese of Matagalpa.
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The regime also imposed a police siege on the Episcopal Curia of Matagalpa where Monsignor Rolando Álvarez is present along with 10 other people, including priests, seminarians and laity. The forced confinement against the religious is nine days old.
The Permanent Council reiterated its “concern” because the Sandinista regime has “ignored the efforts of the OAS Secretary General (Luis Almagro)”, who, following the instructions of the permanent mission of the Council, has sought to involve Nicaragua in the discussion of the ways in which a high-level group could be invited to the Central American country “to explore the possibility of helping the Government restore respect for and defense of democracy and human rights in accordance with the OAS Charters.”
