The Daniel Ortega administration continues to close Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); this time “Clinic Green”located in the department of Boaco, closed operations by order of the “regulatory entities of Nicaragua”.
Through a statement, the health agency informed the population of the closure of its offices, with which the residents of Boaco are more unprotected in terms of accessible and quality medical care.
“We communicated our closure of care due to provisions of the Nicaraguan regulatory entities,” said the team at Clínica Verde, which had been operating in Nicaragua for ten years.
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The organization thanked the Nicaraguan community for the trust and support provided, highlighting that they also focused on education, promotion of the environment and the fight for the dignity of the most vulnerable communities.
«Clínica Verde thanks the community, organizations, institutions, donors, friends, the people of Boaco and Nicaragua, especially our users, facilitators, counselors and beneficiaries, protagonists of projects, for their support throughout these ten years of service. Our commitment to be a model of care for those most in need was the engine that drove our work, “says the statement-
Susan Dix Lyons Originally from the United States, she founded this health entity with the purpose of “building and helping health clinics to improve maternal and child medical care, starting in Nicaragua,” reads her Web page.
They were charged with promoting “socially responsible design and green technologies in the developing world while building health partnerships with communities in need.”
Also, they helped families in Nicaragua to improve their health, because the country “is the second poorest nation in Latin America and has the highest rate of adolescent fertility. One in 5 children is chronically malnourished. The need is obviously great.
The Emeritus Board of the organization was made up of eleven people, including the candidate for the presidency and political prisoner of the Ortega regime, Cristiana Chamorro.
The Ortega dictatorship has canceled around 140 civil society organizations, including health associations, universities, religious, human rights defenders, and the media.
