The Deputy Foreign Minister of Honduras, Gerardo Torres, sent by Xiomara Castro to the 52nd General Assembly of the OAS in Lima, Peru; He argued that his government will not support any resolution against the Nicaraguan dictatorship because “we are business partners and we cannot get involved in the decisions of another country.”
In an interview for the media digitaly Nicaragua Currentthe diplomat referred that “there is a resolution that Canada made for an investigation issue in the case of Nicaragua, we are not going to support that resolution, not because we are not in favor of the people of Nicaragua, but because in the Honduran case it is very difficult to get involved in a process of intervention in a neighboring country.
Likewise, Xiomara Castro’s envoy stated that they will not support the resolution against the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship because “Nicaragua and Honduras are trade partners, we are brothers, we are close, we are concerned about the situation in Nicaragua, we believe that the logic of the sanctions have not really helped, I think it is more on the side of dialogue. We support the people of Nicaragua, but we cannot get involved in the decisions of another country.
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And when asked by the journalist, why Honduras does not condemn the human rights violations in Nicaragua, with the imprisonment of journalists and even priests, the deputy foreign minister argued that “the same thing happened in Honduras.”
“All that same thing that you just said, murders of journalists, of all those things that Nicaragua is now accused of, already happened in my country and the (International) pressure was not the same,” said Torres.
He also indicated that “we come from being the opposition, we know how difficult it is, we know how difficult it is not to have the support of the international community, but we also know what happens when the capacity for dialogue is broken.”
He added that “today (Friday, October 7) precisely, during a breakfast, we put ourselves to order, in what we can generate or support so that there is a dialogue between the opposition and the government of Nicaragua, we believe that there can be be a way out so that conditions in Nicaragua improve.”
This Friday, October 7, the situation in Nicaragua will once again be one of the main topics at the 52nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Lima, Peru.
A group of permanent ambassadors from the countries of the continent proposed the draft resolution “The political and human rights crisis in Nicaragua”, where they express their “deep concern” for the serious situation of the Central American country that is subjugated with an iron fist by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
The resolution will be item number 20 on the agenda of the General Assembly that will bring together 33 foreign ministers from the Americas. In the seven-point document, the member states of the region are urged to implement a “strategy” on the factors that contribute to the displacement of Nicaraguans and their need for protection, including the granting of asylum and other protection measures. , all based on a comprehensive approach to human rights and gender. It also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners.
