Representatives of the opposition to the government of President Daniel Ortega expressed on Wednesday their rejection of the ruling party’s recent decision to allow foreign troops to enter Nicaragua – Russians included – which, they say, has caused an “imbalance in the region.” .
The letter bears the stamp of important groups that have participated in past negotiations with President Daniel Ortega in order to try to put an end to the political crisis that has been going on since 2018, as is the case of the Civic Alliance for Justice and democracy.
“Russia is considered worldwide as an aggressor country, a violator of international law, which is evidenced by his recent invasion of Ukraineso their presence in Nicaragua is unacceptable,” the opponents said in the statement.
Instead of Russian troops, approved this Tuesday At the request of President Daniel Ortega in the National Assembly, the opponents demand the entry to Managua of a commission of three experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN) to monitor the political crisis in the country.
This week it became known in the Nicaraguan media that the government of President Ortega denied entry to said commission. The voice of america He tried to know the position of the delegates on the matter, but they indicated that they preferred not to comment on it.
The controversy in Managua began after be published in La Gaceta a decree by Ortega where he requested the exchange with foreign troops for alleged humanitarian purposes, among them would be Russian, Cuban, Venezuelan and American troops.
During the session, the pro-government deputies said that it was something routine, however, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the panorama has become complex, analysts warn.
United States and Costa Rica have expressed their concern in this regard, while the ruling party has minimized the scope that this decision could have.
The opposition, for its part, recalled that in 1979, after the sandinista revolution, Ortega “aligned himself with the Soviet Union”, and after his return to power in 2007 he reestablished his ties with Moscow, mainly through the acquisition of military equipment, “provoking an imbalance in the balance of the region and trying to turn Nicaragua into a beachhead of Russian expansionism.”
“Ortega’s decision to invite the Russians is harmful to the Nicaraguan people since it returns us to the Cold War conflict that we already lived in the 1980s and we do not want that to be repeated,” said former guerrilla commander Luis Fley, today organized in the opposition.
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