The diplomatic representation of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship in Costa Rica justified before the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry that they denied entry to Nicaraguan territory, on May 24, to 98 tourists from that country, because they were going to meet with an organization that does not have legal status. legal.
According to information published by several Costa Rican media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that country asked the Ortega Embassy for an explanation of why the immigration authorities denied entry to Nicaraguan soil to 98 Costa Rican tourists.
The response from the Ortega diplomatic headquarters was that the Costa Rican citizens, who mostly belong to the Lions Club of that country, were going to meet with an illegal NGO, as reported by the media. AmeliaRueda.comquoting Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco.
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According to this information outlet, the response sent to the Costa Rican foreign minister by the Ortega embassy was that “these people did not go through the paperwork process that Nicaragua, as a sovereign State, requests for meetings of organizations that do not have legal status in Nicaragua.”
Last Wednesday, May 24, a group of 98 Costa Rican citizens tried to access Nicaraguan soil through the Peñas Blancas border post, but the immigration authorities of the country to visit, after a delayed consultation, informed them that their entry into the country had been denied. denied. Within the group of tourists rejected by Nicaragua are members of the Costa Rican Lions Club.
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife, vice dictator Rosario Murillo, maintain an open war against civil society, in which they have canceled more than three thousand Non-Profit Organizations (OSFL), including several lions clubs. In several departments, for this reason, said association is considered by the regime as an “illegal organization”.
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The group of tourists has expressed their regret for not having materialized their visit to the country of lakes and volcanoes, but also their disagreement because the trip had been well processed and the investment they made exceeds 45 thousand dollars, money that they will not be able to recover .
The Costa Rican deputy from the liberationist party, Gilberth Jiménez, when he denounced the case and requested the intervention of the Foreign Ministry of his country, insisted that “this should not happen again.”
