The spokesperson for the Nicaraguan dictatorship, Rosario Murillo, affirmed that opponents of the Daniel Ortega regime wanted to “falsify the history” of the country during the social protests against the dictatorship in 2018. The vice president also issued these statements when announcing that they are preparing a series of activities for the 45th anniversary of the Monimbó insurrection in the Somocista era.
«After 45 years of struggles and victories we go forward with the spirit, the heart, the flame of that blessed blood that fell through Nicaragua so that we may be as we are: free; so that we were a country that is proud of its roots, “said Rosario Murillo in her litany of noon.
“As much as the terrorist, criminal coup wanted to adulterate history, they could not and will not, it is the truth. The history that prevails is the genuine history, not the falsification, nor the staging, it is the genuine history, the rigorous, courageous and victorious struggle that we have waged throughout the centuries, “said Ortega’s wife.
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Despite the fact that her order to quell popular discontent at the point of lead and leave a death toll of 355 victims, Rosario Murillo said she felt “proud” of her actions and that they were necessary to “be free” and safeguard “peace.”
“How proud we are of our heroic heritage. How proud we are of everything we have done to defend national dignity. How proud we feel to be free, because we are blessed, to be sovereign,” he said.
«We walk making homeland, defending and safeguarding peace. The true story is what remains. These falsifications, the result of ambition, selfishness and slavery to the imperial master, of a culture of unworthy submission to the imperial master, that only remains in the dustbin of history, “he added.
Rosario Murillo called the critics of her regime “black heralds and dark swallows” because she says that they “dream aberrations” and that “you have your own dark ones.” The spokeswoman for the dictatorship is accused of committing crimes against humanity after directing the repression of the protests with bullets.
In its eagerness to silence dissident voices, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo keeps more than 230 in its prisons. political prisonersall subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.