The Ministry of the Interior (Migob) ordered This Tuesday, through a ministerial agreement published in the official newspaper La Gaceta, the elimination of legal status of 42 national Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) and the cancellation of the operation registration of 58 foreign NGOs, most of them from the United States, Spain and Germany.
With these hundred cancellations, the Daniel Ortega regime accumulates 2,381 NPOs eliminated between November 2018 and October 2022. However, most of these cancellations have occurred in the nine and a half months of this year, adding with this new hundred a total of 2307 canceled in 2022according to a data analysis done by CONFIDENTIAL.
The Ministry of the Interior justified the dispossession of the legal personality of the non-national organizations, arguing that they have failed to comply with their obligations, since “they did not report their boards of directors for periods of between four and 23 years, being headless; financial statements according to fiscal periods, with detailed breakdowns of income and expenses, trial balance; detail of donations, origin, provenance and final beneficiary; as well as information on the identity and origin of all its members and donors”.
Among the national associations canceled are: Nicaraguan Association of Family Medicine (ANIMEF), Civil Association Ministry of the Last Harvest, Nicaraguan Association of Graduates of the Central American Normal School “Sor Encarnación Rosal” (ANECASER), Protection and Help for the Needy Foundation (FPAN), Association for the Integral Development of the Coast (ADECOSTA), Association of Iglesias Fuente de Salvación San Juan 1.14, Nueva Esperanza Foundation (FUNNE), Juan Catorce Twelve Christian Association of Nicaragua (ACRIJUNCADO), Christian Church Association Disciples of Christ in Nicaragua, Foundation New Life (FUNVI), the International Movement Association The Great Commission (The Great Commission), Foundation for Socioeconomic and Environmental Development (FUNDESA), Our Lady of Fatima Association and Foundation for Development Consuelo and Hope (FUNDACOES).
Also the Global Health Service Association (SSG), Firmes y Adelante Evangelical Foundation (FIRMES Y ADLANTE), Union of Taxi Drivers Association of Nicaragua (UTANIC), Association of Christian Professionals of Nicaragua “Jehovah is your healer”, Association of Christian Servers of Nicaragua “Creating Forces to Live” (MSCN), Foundation for the Development of the South (FUNDESUR), Laguna de Apoyo Community Development Association (ADECLAP), Extended Hands Ministry Religious Association (AMME), Neighborhood Development Board Association of the municipality of La Paz Center, Cristo Conmigo Association, Nicaraguan Entomology Association, New Futures Association (ASONFUS), Restoration Program and Comprehensive Help Association (PRAi) and New Dawn Association (New Dawn), Merchants Association of the Markets of the Department of Chinandega ( ACOMECHI).
In the same way, the Association of Producers for the Development of San Francisco del Norte (APRODEFN), the Foundation for Rural Development of the North (FUNDERNORTE), the Foundation for Health and Education of Las Segovias “Fernando Villalanda”, the Interdenominational Evangelistic Association were also dispossessed. Eben Ezer (ASEVIE), Association for the Rural Development of Jinotega (ASODERJI), Association for the Development of New Guinea (ADENG), Association for the Interdenominational Ministry like Lightning (MICER), Christian Association of Hope for Tomorrow (ACEM), Association for the Development and Maintenance of the Campesino a Campesino School (AOMO), the Masiguito Foundation for the Social and Agricultural Development of Small and Medium Producers (FUNMADESA), the Comprehensive Foundation for the Disabled (FUNPRID), the New Life Association (ASNUVIDA) and the Evangelical Association for Social and Economic Development in Río San Juan (AEDESE-RSJ).
Foreign bodies canceled
The Ministry of the Interior also pointed out to foreign NGOs not to report “for between two to 27 years” their boards of directors from the country of origin, the power of legal representative and financial statements according to fiscal periods. In addition, he accused them of violating Law 1040 or the “regulation of foreign agents” law, “for not registering as Foreign Agents, being obligated subjects.”
Below is the list of the 58 NGOs of other nationalities that were canceled by the regime:
- International Human Rights Law Group (SOCIEDAD), United States
- Jubilee World Mission, United States
- Wisconsin Coordinating Council or Nicaragua (WCCN), from the United States
- Apostolic Ministry The Final Harvest International, Inc, of the United States
- Committee Pro-Nicaraguan Refugees Aid, Inc, from the United States
- Costeños Unidos Pro Desarrollo of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, Inc, from the United States
- Alliance for Communities in Action, Inc, of the United States
- Sonrisa de Dios Foundation, United States
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung E.V, from Germany
- El Paraiso Temple Incorporated, United States
- Centro Internazionale Di Sindonología (International Center for Sindonology), from Italy
- The Ministry to the Nations Foundation of Canada
- John 3:16 Ministry, from the United States
- Al-Andalus Foundation for Social Welfare, of Honduras
- Dients Voor Het Kadaster en de Openbare Registers “KADASTER” (SERVICE OF CADASTRE AND PUBLIC REGISTRY), from the Netherlands
- Solidarity Association with Nicaragua El Pinolero, from Spain
- Caribbean Central American Action, from the United States
- Lifelink International, originally from the United States
- Dutch Advisors Program, from the Netherlands
- Salvadoran Association of Milk Processors (ASAPROL), from El Salvador
- International Cooperation and Development Activity, from Denmark
- Help Us Help (Human Unity), from Germany
- Action International, United States
- Humanitarian Organization Mano Amiga de la Comunidad, Inc (OHMAC), from the United States
- Latin Amerika Helsefond (Health Foundation for Latin America), from Norway
- Pan de Vida Association for Nicaragua, from Spain
- Management Sciences for Health, from the United States
- Ministry of Chaplaincy and Social Rehabilitation (Social & Rehabilitation Charplain Ministries) Inc, of Puerto Rico
- Magna Children at Risk, from Slovakia
- Association for International Aid and Cooperation (PACEM IN TERRIS), from Spain
- Heart to Honduras International Ministry, from Honduras
- Club Zion Corp, from the United States
- Africa 70, from Italy
- lnformation Bureau Nicaragua, from Germany
- Peace and Harmony Project, from Spain
- Global Housing Foundation, United States
- Camino de Salvación International Mission, Inc, from the United States
- Socialist Solidarity Development Cooperation Fund (FCD SOLIDARIDAD SOCIALISTA), from Belgium
- Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, originally from Switzerland
- CRIC Regional Intervention Center for Cooperation, Italy
- Regional Association of Popular Universities of Extremadura (AUPEX), of Spain
- Oxfam-Quebec, from Canada
- Approve Belgique, from Belgium
- Ifes, Inc, from the United States
- Our Center Foundation, from the Netherlands
- Marie Stopes International, from England
- Artsur Foundation, from Spain
- Iowa-Central American Relief Effort (1-CARE), United States
- Central American Black Organization (ONECA), from Honduras
- Voluntary Optometric Services for Humanity/International (VOSH/INTERNATIONAL), United States
- The Sunrise Foundation, Inc, from the United States
- Association for each Home, from Costa Rica
- Community and Forest Foundation, Panama
- A Chosen Child loe-Nicaragua (ACC-NIC), from the United States
- Apostolic Ministry Word Revealed, from Honduras
- Helping Hands for Nicaragua, from Switzerland
- Laguna Project, lnc, from the United States
- Fuentes de Vida Hispanic Pentecostal Church of Canada
