Daniel Ortega’s regime has prevented at least 11 Cuban opponents and persecuted from entering Nicaragua without any legal justification, despite the fact that the government made tourist visas more flexible for citizens of the island.
An investigation carried out by the independent multimedia platform the touch points out that the pattern that is observed is that “the Cubans whom the Government of Daniel Ortega despises have carried out in Cuba some type of activism, public denunciation and citizen protest.”
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“They are those who have faced government management and policies; and who, therefore, according to the logic that governs the Cuban Government, deserve punishment and violation of their rights regardless of the territorial limits of the nation to which they belong,” the report added.
Among the opponents of the Cuban regime, to whom Ortega denies entry to Nicaragua is the well-known Afro LGBTIQ + activist Raul Soublett, who was traveling with Dayami Valdesmother of her partner, the independent journalist Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho, also a target of Díaz-Canel.
According to elToque, on September 22, both people were stranded at the Tocumen International Airport, in Panama, after an agent “instructed them that they could not board the Copa flight that would take them to Nicaragua —their final destination—, despite to have the documents in order”, for which they were forced to remain in the canal country for seven days.
Faced with this situation, Soublett posted on his Facebook account that “the Nicaraguan government denied us entry into the country. We are in a place waiting to be deported to Cuba. In addition, she warned that if we return, our lives are in danger. We need help. The immigration authorities withheld our passports.”
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According to reports, the activist was constantly subjected to harassment and threats by State Security. The opponent directed the Afro-Cuban Alliance project since November 2017.
“On September 29, after being stranded for seven days at the Tocumen airport, Panama granted Raúl and Dayamí a request for refuge – at the request of the Vice President of the European Parliament, Dita Charaznová. A week later, the Panamanian government gave them temporary residence in the country, while the refugee process progresses,” the media reported.
Other Cubans to whom Ortega denies entry
The other nine Cubans who have been prevented from entering by dictator Daniel Ortega —although the list may be longer— stand out Oscar Casanella, scientist and activist. He left Cuba in December 2021 with his pregnant wife and his four-year-old son. Nicaraguan immigration denied him entry into the country twice.
On the list of “rejected” by Ortega are journalists and activists Hector Luis Valdes Cocho Y Stephen Rodriguez. In January 2022 they were stranded in El Salvador upon being notified that the Ortega government was denying them entry to Nicaragua.
The activist was also denied entry dairy Gonzalez Ravelo. In January 2022. At the “José Martí” International Airport, Immigration officials notified her and her husband that they could not travel because the Nicaraguan authorities had reported them as inadmissible.
The others are: John Edward Moreno, son of the independent journalist Juan Manuel Moreno and the activist Zelandia de la Caridad Pérez. He arrived in El Salvador from Havana on January 15, 2022, where he was prohibited from boarding the flight that would take him to Managua. He was deported to Cuba two days later.
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Niurcy Acosta Pacheco Y Raul Gonzalez Manso, Cuban opponents based in Chile. In March 2022 they were prevented from boarding a Chile-Managua flight. Carlos Sebastian Hernandez ArmasBaptist pastor. In March 2022 he was stranded in El Salvador along with his two children after being denied entry to Nicaragua.
Alexander Figueredo Izaguirrea Cuban doctor who was unable to board a flight from Havana to Managua in April 2022. He had been expelled from the health sector for his frontal and critical stance against the government.
To date, there are thousands of Cubans who have been from that country in order to start a new life away from the regime, however, the Nicaraguan dictatorship, allied with the Díaz-Canel government, has given jobs to those who are forced to use the country as a “springboard” and reach North American lands.
