The San Jeronimo Church of Masaya woke up surrounded by riot police this Tuesday, prior to the traditional “lowering of the image” that begins the patron saint festivities.
The Police squandered on patrols and on a bus to mobilize a large number of agents who were stationed in the area, after the police authorities prohibited processions in that city.
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Sources assured Article 66 that the harassment was directed by the departmental chief, Commissioner General Juan Valle Valle, together with the deputy director of the Police, Commissioner General Ramón Avellán, both of whom were sanctioned by the United States for repressing the people.
Despite the police operation and the prohibition imposed by the regime, a multitude of devotees attended the parish to listen to the homily of the episcopal vicar, Boanerges Carballo, and celebrate the patron saint.
World leaders are gathered in New York for the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. This Tuesday, the leaders and high representatives of 33 nations took the floor, the first being Jair Bolsonaropresident of Brazil.
Bolsonaro referred to the religious persecution in Nicaragua, and opened the doors to the priests and nuns persecuted by Daniel Ortega. Through his social networks, the Brazilian stated that it is a “diabolical episode promoted by the socialist dictatorship of Nicaragua that launches an alert to the world about the imminence of even more serious and inhumane abuses.”
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For its part, Gabriel Boricpresident of Chile, called for the release of Nicaraguan political prisoners, in his first speech before the UN.
sociologist and economist Irving Larios, 64 years old, he served a year in prison in the cells of “El Nuevo Chipote”, in Managua, designated as a torture prison for political prisoners.
The opponent’s relatives denounced that the prisoner has lost more than 40 pounds of weight, is confined in a small cell and has more health problems without access to adequate medical care.
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Andrea Larios, daughter of the political prisoner, stated that “despite the suffering and all the difficulty this year has been, and those to come, (the family) will continue to support him and she admires him.”
Relatives of 24 political prisoners, including those of former presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro, former foreign minister Francisco Aguirre Sacasa and businessman Michael Healy, asked the Daniel Ortega regime to grant a amnesty for the benefit of all imprisoned opponents.
Martha Lucía Urcuyo, wife of political prisoner Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, read a statement addressed to the national authorities and the active forces of the nation, in which they express their hope of celebrating the Christmas holidays in the company of their loved ones in freedom.
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Although, they admit that the amnesty entails “complexities” for their relatives.
The Under Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the United States, Brian Nichols, He stated that the situation in Nicaragua continues to be “worrying due to anti-democratic practices” by the Daniel Ortega regime.
In statements to the Nicaraguan media, the high-ranking official stated that the persecution of the Catholic Church “concerns” them because both the Nicaraguan Constitution and the OAS Charter establish the right to freedom of worship. And he assured that these issues are being addressed in various international forums and in bilateral meetings.
Nichols also indicated that the United States maintains the nomination of Hugo Rodriguez as ambassador in Managua, whose approval was withdrawn by the regime for criticizing the repression of the Ortega-Murillo family.
