The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo resorted to Central American Court of Justice (CCJ) through a “mandatory consultation request” with which they seek a response from the regional justice body that forces four member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) to elect one of the political operators as regional secretary of the organization. proposed by Managua.
The chancellor of the dictatorship, who is also one of the regime’s candidates rejected in the SICA, Valdrack Jaentschkewas presented to the CCJ, to deliver the request for consultation that was received by Tania Montiel, interim general secretary of the institution.
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The Managua regime, which has ignored how many resolutions the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court-IDH) has issued, alleges in its request to the CCJ that “Nicaragua is a country that respects the Integration System” and accuses other governments of “obstruction.” ” of the SICA “by not meeting, by not processing the different efforts,” according to the Ortega chancellor.
Jaentschke referred, without mentioning them, to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, which have rejected the Managua regime’s shortlists on at least four occasions because they considered that the proposed candidates do not meet the requirements for the position of secretary general of SICA.
The diplomat pointed out that on three occasions they have proposed “high-quality colleagues, with a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge in the Central American Integration System,” but in reality he refers to political operators loyal to the dictators and all sanctioned by the international community and some of them identified as criminals against humanity.
Jaentschke repeatedly accused the countries that have rejected the dictatorship’s shortlists of being “obstructionists” because “they have not wanted to meet or have indicated that the shortlists do not meet, for them, the qualities.”
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has initiated, as of December 10, a research on “Nicaraguan acts, policies and practices related to labor rights, human rights and the rule of law”, that affect commercial relations with that northern country.
As part of the commemoration of International Human Rights Day, the USTR issued an official statement announcing the beginning of said investigation that will be carried out under “Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.”
According to the letter from the North American trade body, “the United States is concerned that Nicaragua is participating in repressive and persistent attacks against labor rights, human rights and the rule of law.”
In that sense, explains the USRT, this investigation is the first of its kind under Section 301 to investigate acts, policies and practices that violate labor, human rights and the rule of law that may affect US commerce.
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In the investigative process, the USRT must seek consultations with the “foreign government,” that is, in this case the Ortega-Murillo administration, whose acts, policies or practices are under investigation.
“The USTR has requested consultations with Nicaragua in relation to the investigation,” the statement indicates and establishes January 8, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, as the deadline to submit written comments and request a public hearing.
