The Government of Colombia offered the Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez Colombian nationality, after the Daniel Ortega regime stripped him of his as well as 316 other Nicaraguan citizens, including the poet Gioconda Belli.
In a statement, the Colombian Foreign Ministry indicates that this offer was made by the Colombian Foreign Minister, Álvaro Leyva Durán, who is visiting Spain.
Leyva Durán met with Ramírez in the Spanish capital, a meeting in which the former presidents of the Government of Spain Felipe González and of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos were also present.
“Interpreting the solidarity of the country as a whole and the sentiment of President Gustavo Petro, I offered Colombian nationality to the Nicaraguan politician, intellectual and writer Sergio Ramírez,” Leyva Durán said in the statement.
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“Yesterday, interpreting the solidarity of the country and the sentiment of President Gustavo Petro, I offered Colombian nationality to the Nicaraguan politician, intellectual and writer Sergio Ramírez? pic.twitter.com/0ei5gG99PE
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Sergio Ramírez, who was accompanied by his wife, Gertrudis Guerrero Mayorga, gratefully accepted Colombian nationality.
“Free and democratic Colombia embraces him and welcomes him to his second homeland,” Leyva Durán said, according to the note.
Chile, Argentina and Mexico also offered the possibility of giving their nationality to the 217 “stateless” citizens punished by the Ortega regime.
