the singer-songwriter Christyana Somarriba He left Nicaragua to escape repression and took advantage of his “freedom” to raise his voice for the victims of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
“This time I dare to express myself because I am not in my country, unfortunately and with a heavy heart, I had to leave like thousands who risk today to escape cruelty, injustice and a country without human rights or freedom of expression”, he wrote on his social networks on Saturday, May 14.
The communicator announced her departure from the country after the hunt for musicians that the regime undertook in April and led to the deportation of five people, including singers and music producers.
cristiana She reported that “she dreamed that they put her in jail.” The nightmare caused her to cry when she woke up and made her reflect on the situation of the political prisoners.
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«In that nightmare, -which I felt so real- I saw myself silent, cornered, deeply sad and hopeless, thinking: this is how so many of my friends and people must feel who today are living the agony of losing their freedom for thinking different, for defending ideals, for wanting democracy,” he said.
«Living in fear sick! Witnessing injustices and having to swallow the pain makes you sick,” said the former television presenter.
He also regretted that the country is led by “haters”, referring to Ortega and Murillo. “Haters, even if they try to disguise it with false and incongruous speeches,” said the singer-songwriter.
He asked the Nicaraguans not to be indifferent to the human rights violations, the fatalities of the repression and the pain of the political prisoners.
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«How to heal being witnesses of so much evil? How not to feel indignation in the soul, seeing so many compatriots suffering the horrors of jail and constant persecution? Obviously we must be grateful for the good things in life, however, we cannot cover our eyes and pretend that nothing has happened, as humans with a conscience, we must not “normalize indifference”, “he said. Christiana Somarriba.
“Practicing forgiveness is our perpetual challenge, although we will never forget the massacre and the heroes and heroines who gave their lives will live in our hearts, and those who lost their freedom so that one day democracy will shine in Nicaragua,” he concluded.
