The government of Spain offered Spanish nationality to 94 Nicaraguan opponents declared stateless by the government of Daniel Ortega, among them journalists, writers, and activists and human rights defenders.
In accordance with a statement of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “the Government of Spain has extended to the last 94 Nicaraguan citizens whose nationality has been withdrawn, the offer of Spanish nationality”.
Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares communicated the decision to the writer Sergio Ramírez, one of the 94 opponents whose nationality was revoked by the Nicaraguan government.
Spain also offered to nationalize more than 200 Nicaraguan political prisoners recently released and declared stateless by the Ortega government.
Some opponents celebrated Spain’s announcement.
“Deeply grateful to the government and people of Spain for this offer,” sociologist Elvira Cuadras wrote on Twitter.
Former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla wrote on Twitter that the solidarity of the Spanish government with the persecuted of the Ortega Murillo regime is “moving.”
Nicaragua has been experiencing a sociopolitical crisis for five years, when protests against President Daniel Ortega arose, which were repressed, leaving more than 300 dead and thousands in exile.
The Ortega government, which has been in power for more than 15 consecutive years, has said the demonstrations were an attempted coup.
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