In her noon address this Monday, the Vice President of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, highlighted the arrival in the country of seven Russian delegates from the Russian Today (RT in Spanish) chain, a medium that is in charge of praising the actions of Vladimir Putin in amidst the war against Ukraine and the violations of freedoms imposed on that nation.
“Yesterday, Sunday (December 4), we received at our Augusto C. Sandino Airport seven communicator brothers who arrived from the Russian Federation and are communication specialists. Outstanding journalists from RT en Español who are going to work with us,” the spokeswoman for the Ortega dictatorship reported through the government propaganda media.
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He pointed out that the Russian and Nicaraguan propagandists are working on the second phase of meeting and professional exchange. He also took the opportunity to affirm that his dictatorship “admires the ingenuity” of the Russian channel “through the screens of our televisions that are broadcast here (in Nicaragua) and that we see and follow.”
The wife of the dictator Daniel Ortega praised her ally, stating that it is “a means of communication that tells the truth (…) that serves the world, the human family so that we can strengthen paths of understanding, peace, dialogue and good” .
He also recalled that on December 5, at the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, a memorandum of understanding was signed for cooperation between RT en Español and the Ortega government propaganda media.
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“Comrade Daniel Edmundo Ortega was delegated by our council to sign (the memorandum) on behalf of the citizen power media,” Murillo remarked, assuring that this meeting “strengthens understanding.”
These agreements take place in the midst of a wave of persecution of the independent press in Nicaragua, which has forced more than 50 journalists into exile and has at least five well-known communicators in jail.
Announces Shouting Amid Religious Persecution
In another order, ignoring the persecution that the Nicaraguan regime has executed against the Catholic Church and the impediment of religious freedom, the vice dictator announced the festivities on the occasion of the traditional Shouting, in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
«This week the Shouting, tomorrow (six) the washing of the silver; on December 8th, the traditional festival in honor of our Immaculate Conception, Blessed Mother, Blessed Virgin Mary, throughout the country,” he said.
Murillo took advantage of his announcements to mention the 44th anniversary of the death of the Spanish priest, poet and guerrilla fighter Gaspar Garcia Laviana. “This Sunday —December 11— we will honor the father and commander Gaspar García Laviana,” he said.
The spokeswoman ended her monologue by assuring that this 2022 “we have defended and strengthened peace, well-being, and family and community values in this blessed Nicaragua.”
