U.S Backs OAS Resolution Condemning ORTEGA “Repressive” Regime in NIGURAGUA

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (Credit: Wikipedia)

By  Gary Raynaldo    DIPLOMTIC  TIMES

The United States fully backs the Organization of American States (OAS) member states resolution adopted Tuesday that condemned the “repressive” Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega. The OAS resolution calls for the immediate release of four jailed opposition presidential candidates recently detained, along with over 130 other political prisoners. The resolution also condemned Vice President Rosario María Murillo’s role in the regime. The OAS held an emergency meeting to address the political situation in the Latin American  nation.  Ortega and his wife VP Murillo face re-election in November 2021. 

“The United States strongly supports the OAS Permanent Council’s call for President Ortega to take urgent action to restore full respect for human rights and to create the conditions for free and fair elections. It is time for the Ortega-Murillo regime to change course, respect both its own constitution as well as its commitments under the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and allow the Nicaraguan people to fully exercise their rights—including their right to choose their leaders in free and fair elections.”

-U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Secretary of State Blinken said the U.S.  looks forward to continuing to work with OAS member states, as well as other “democratic governments” around the world, including with “our partners” in the European Union, to press for “greater freedom” for the Nicaraguan people.  “Through yesterday’s vote, the members of the OAS made clear that Ortega and Murillo’s actions have no place in this hemisphere, given our shared commitments to democracy and human rights.”

 

 

 

 

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