The government of Daniel Ortega dismissed this Thursday the permanent representative of Nicaragua in the Organization of American States (OAS), Arturo McFields Yescasone day after he publicly denounced in this regional forum that the country is experiencing one of the most serious human rights crises in recent years.
In the first instance, the Ortega government reacted with a letter issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that McFields did not represent Nicaragua and that his representative before the OAS was Francisco Campbell Hooker. The appointment was actually made this Thursday, when it was notified in the official gazette.
“Repeal the appointment of Arturo McFields in the position of permanent representative of the Republic of Nicaragua, with the rank of ambassador to the OAS,” says the presidential agreement published on The Gazette.
McFields’ complaint represents a blow to the Ortega government, which at all times has denied the torture conditions denounced by the relatives of political prisoners, but which also appears to be cohesive.
In 2019, the magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice also resigned, Rafael Solis, who to date is exiled in Costa Rica.
McFielfs said that his complaint was made on behalf of more than 177 political prisoners in Nicaragua and that with this he hoped to encourage the rest of Ortega’s supporters.
“I take the floor on behalf of the thousands of public servants, at all levels, civil and military, of those who are today forced by the Nicaraguan regime to pretend and fill vacancies and repeat slogans, because if they don’t, they lose their employment,” the diplomat said at a meeting of the OAS Permanent Council.
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