The illegitimate deputy president, Rosario Murillodeclared herself proud of the regime’s decision to withdraw early from the Organization of American States (OAS). Murillo reiterated that they cannot be part of an organization that he accuses of being an instrument of the United States.
The spokeswoman accepted that she feels anger when referring to the North American country, but that, according to her, it is a “holy anger” because her regime does not allow itself to be humiliated. On Sunday, the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry announced that it would withdraw the credentials of its representatives Iván Lara, Michael Campbell and Orlando Tardencilla, and took the opportunity to besiege the agency’s offices in Managua.
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The departure of the Nicaraguan regime from the OAS occurs a month after the former ambassador Arthur McFields publicly denounce the abuses of the Ortega-Murillos. McFields tweeted that “the exit from the OAS dictatorship is a moral victory for the people of Nicaragua and especially for the more than 180 political prisoners and their families” and added that “there is hope for Nicaragua.”
Opposition organizations stated that Ortega opts for international isolation in the face of world repudiation.
Immigration authorities prohibited entry to Nicaragua to American pastors Tom and Debbie Guesswithout any justification, despite the fact that two years ago they were even received by the Police.
On Thursday, April 21, they both arrived at the Augusto C. Sandino Airport in Managua, but there they were asked several questions, they took their passports and took them to a private room, where they were prohibited from using cell phones and had to ask permission even to go to the bathroom. After about five hours they were put back on a flight to Miami.
The former deputy’s family Pedro Joaquin Chamorro continues to demand the immediate release of the political prisoner, arbitrarily arrested in June 2021.
This April 25, Chamorro arrived at his 70th birthday, and his daughter Valentina denounced that they fear for his life, because his health has deteriorated by being unjustly detained in the Directorate of Judicial Assistance, known as “El Nuevo Chipote”.
The political organization Renovadora Democratic Union (let’s unite) also remembered the 74th birthday of the late former Sandinista commander Hugo Torres, who died as a political prisoner of Ortega.
The political prisoner lawyer Manuel Urbina Lara and other prisoners of conscience of the Waswalí Penitentiary System, Matagalpa, began an “indefinite” hunger strike this day.
National media reported that, through a leaked audio, the lawyer denounced “cruel and inhuman treatment” in the prison, where they do not have access to the necessary amount of water per day, they have been denied access to the patio and limited food. In addition, they denounce the mistreatment received by an official from Managua.
