The Government of Pedro Sánchez announced that it has extended its offer to grant Spanish nationality to the last 94 Nicaraguan citizens to whom the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo decided to take away that right on February 15, accusing them of the crime of “treason”. to the country”.
The news was addressed by Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares to the Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez, who resides in the European country due to the persecution imposed by the Nicaraguan dictatorship.
«The offer is already, to put it in some way, in force. The procedure that would be used is the granting of Spanish nationality by naturalization letter to prevent them from being stateless. And it is a government decision that would take a very short time,” Albares announced.
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«We also offer to Spain to welcome any other prisoner who is still in the same situation as these, who have just been released. And I announce that the Government offers Spanish nationality to these 222 prisoners released after the news that the process has begun to declare them stateless,” added the Spanish official.
The Inter-American Legal Assistance Center on Human Rights (Calidh) affirms that this situation imposed by the regime on Nicaraguan citizens constitutes a crime against humanity, it also observes that it is legally impossible to impose this penalty.
“The recognition of Nicaraguan nationality by the democratic States committed to the restoration of democracy and human rights in Nicaragua will result in this alleged dispossession remaining as unilateral acts and contrary to the international order,” Calidh said.
According to a resolution of the Managua Court of Appeals (TAM), there are currently 317 Nicaraguans who have been declared “traitors of the homeland” and “fugitives from justice.” In addition, the confiscation of all his assets in the country was ordered.
Among those newly affected by the repressive laws of the dictatorship are Dr. Vilma Núñez, president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh); Arturo McFields, the former Nicaraguan ambassador to the OAS; Yader Morazán, former official of the Judiciary; Rafael Solís, former magistrate and best man at Ortega y Murillo’s wedding.
Likewise, award-winning writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli, currently in exile in Spain, were expatriates. They also took away the nationality of the journalist Camilo de Castro Belli, son of the poet Belli. In addition, the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Monsignor Silvio Báez and a dozen journalists.
