Spain offers nationality to opponents released by Nicaragua

Madrid will offer Spanish nationality to the 222 political prisoners released by Nicaragua, expelled to the United States, and who will be stripped of their nationality, announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, in an interview broadcast this Friday.

“Government offers Spanish nationality to these 222 released prisoners, before the news that the process to declare them stateless has begun,” Albares told Spanish news outlet Servimedia.

The offer of Spanish nationality It is extended to the political prisoners who are still being held in Nicaraguan jails, whom the Ortega government will strip of their nationality for being accused of “treason against the homeland.”

Nicaraguan authorities expelled to the United States on Thursday a group of 222 “political prisoners”, including 5 priestswho were disqualified for life from holding public or elected office and stripped of their nationality, declaring them stateless.

The 222 Nicaraguan prisoners, including 7 who tried to challenge the current president for the presidency, were expelled to the United States “as traitors to the country,” and They have received a humanitarian permit that will allow them to live and work in the North American country.