The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega remained silent after the critics made at the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations by the presidents of Brazil and Chile, Jair Bolsonaro and Gabriel Boric respectively.
During the intervention at noon this Tuesday, the government spokeswoman and vice president of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, did not comment on the appeal made by President Boric on the political prisoners in the country; and Bolsonaro’s denunciation of the religious persecution.
Bolsonaro denounced this Tuesday before the UN Ortega’s persecution of the religious in Nicaragua, whom he invited to take refuge in his country. For his part, Boric urged the nations to “continue working to contribute to the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua.”
In Nicaragua, Ortega’s attendance at the UN forum was not reported, however, in the official media outlet El 19 Digital, Foreign Minister Denis Moncada’s meetings with various international delegations in New York were highlighted.
Nicaragua’s former ambassador to the OAS Arturo McFields assured on his Twitter account that Ortega would be absent “again from the world in a cowardly act” and Foreign Minister Denis Moncada would be on his behalf.
“Daniel Ortega hides from the world again in a cowardly act and does not participate in the United Nations Assembly. Denis Moncada will give a speech about the dictatorship,” said the former diplomat on Twitter.
They reinforce harassment of temples
Contrary to the complaints made by Bolsonaro for religious persecution, Ortega reinforced the attacks against the Catholic Church by preventing the holding of two processions in the city of Masaya, south of Managua, alleging reasons of “public security.”
However, despite the police ban, dozens of people flocked to the churches of that city to celebrate their religious festivities.
“It is absurd that the dictatorship sees the religious celebrations of yesteryear as a threat to the patron saints of Masaya. Here it is not about measuring forces, it is about allowing Catholics to celebrate, and that the police, instead of an aggressive attitude, guarantee security,” said Father Edwin Román, who led one of the harassed churches in Masaya. .
The priest, who is in exile in the United States, indicated that “neither the siege nor the intimidation penetrate the most sublime depths of the religious beliefs inherited by our Christian ancestors.”
Nicaragua has been experiencing a serious political crisis since 2018, when protests broke out against President Daniel Ortega, who returned to power in 2007 after asking for forgiveness “for the mistakes of the past.”
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