The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced Monday that it shut down its office in the Nicaragua capital city of Managua at the request of Nicaraguan authorities. The closure, ICRC d.
Daniel Ortega and what remains of the Sandinista Front present themselves as left-wing and anti-imperialist, but, far from this proclaimed discourse, they have for many years already abandoned their principles,
“We, the undersigned, are part of the political prisoners who spent almost two years in prison, we are part of those who have been exiled, deprived of our nationality and repressed by the Ortega regime for denouncing its atrocities.”
Nicaragua passed a law Wednesday to close the country’s Red Cross, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out out religious orders, charities and civic groups. The National Assembly voted to shutter the Nicaraguan Red Cross, accusing it of “attacks on peace and stability” during antigovernment demonstrations in 2018. The local Red Cross…