The spokesperson for the Nicaraguan regime, Rosario Murillo, pointed out that the name of Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente is “worthy” to be placed in the National Baseball Stadium, because he is a hero “of solidarity and humanity” in Nicaragua.
“And if a name deserves to carry this ball park with dignity that is at the height of our Caribbean America, it will be his, Roberto Clemente, owner of this golden philosophy, of good law,” Murillo said in his speech to the media. oficialistas this Thursday, December first.
“The Puerto Rican was a complete human being, bordering on perfection as chroniclers said in their day referring to his performance on the pitch, but that statement was also consistent with the demands of a true big leaguer, big leagues of solidarity. He was not a man of poses, he was a former United States Marine who wanted the best for Nicaragua,” he stressed.
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“If a splendid cover for his monumental biography will be sought, it would undoubtedly be the national stadium,” he remarked.
The statements by the country’s vice president come a week after her administration ordered the removal of the name of Dennis Martínez from the facade of the National Baseball Stadium.
In addition, Rosario Murillo reported that this coming Tuesday, December 6, the deputies of the National Assembly will debate the proposed Law to declare Roberto Clemente a national hero.
They remove the name of Dennis Martínez from the National Baseball Stadium
On November 23, the name of Dennis Martínez was not only removed from the exterior of the Stadium, but it was also removed from the venue’s social media accounts and from the propaganda of the matches. The regime wants to erase all traces of the greatest figure in Nicaraguan baseball in the Major Leagues. Martínez is a member of the World Baseball Hall of Fame, as is Roberto Clemente.
In February 2020, the propagandist Moisés Absalón Pastora launched a campaign to change the name of the National Baseball Stadium, considering that Dennis Martínez is “ungrateful” because as a result of the sociopolitical crisis, the former baseball player declared himself an opponent of Daniel’s dictatorship. Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Until now, the initiative of the Ortega propagandist had only remained in his aspirations, but it remains to be seen what actions the regime could take, such as renaming the Stadium. The work was inaugurated on October 20, 2017, with the presence of Denis Martínez himself. The National Stadium cost around 36 million dollars which were donated by the Taiwanese government.
