Dictator Daniel Ortega stripped more than 300 opponents of their nationality (Yamil Lage/Pool via REUTERS)

The Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega, dismissed this Thursday Lorena del Carmen Martínez as Nicaraguan ambassador to Brazilas reported by the Official Gazette, La Gaceta.

By Presidential Agreement number 23-2023, the President rescinded Martínez’s appointment as Ambassador to the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, to which she had been appointed on July 1, 2013.

Meanwhile, the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs, retired General Denis Moncada Colindres, has appointed Gadiel OsmaniArce Zepeda in the position of Minister Counselor with consular functions of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Federative Republic of Brazil.

These changes in the Nicaraguan diplomatic delegation to Brazil come 9 days after the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offered to welcome the more than 300 opponents and detractors of the Ortega regime, stripped of their nationality in recent weeks at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The regime of Daniel Ortega canceled the appointment of Lorena del Carmen Martínez as Nicaraguan ambassador to Brazil
The regime of Daniel Ortega canceled the appointment of Lorena del Carmen Martínez as Nicaraguan ambassador to Brazil

“The government of Brazil has received with extreme concern the decision of the Nicaraguan authorities to deprive more than 300 Nicaraguan citizens of their nationality,” said the Brazilian representative, the diplomat Tovar Nunesin his speech, disclosed by the Brazilian presidency.

For this reason, in accordance with its “humanitarian commitment to the protection of stateless persons”, Brazil has made itself available to “receive those affected by this decision”, protected “by the special status provided for by Brazilian migration law”. .

This law allows stateless persons to reside in Brazil and, after having regularized their migratory situation, it also allows them to apply for Brazilian nationality.

Brazil’s representative to the UN denounced the “serious human rights violations” in Nicaragua, which is the strongest statement in this regard since Lula took over the presidency on January 1.

“The Brazilian government is following events in Nicaragua with great attention and is concerned about reports of serious human rights violations and restrictions on the democratic space in that country, including summary executions, detentions arbitrary acts and torture of political dissidents,” Nunes said.

Lula da Silva's government has offered to receive the more than 300 Nicaraguan opponents stripped of their nationality by dictator Daniel Ortega (REUTERS/Adriano Machado)
The government of Lula da Silva has offered to receive the more than 300 Nicaraguan opponents stripped of their nationality by dictator Daniel Ortega (REUTERS/Adriano Machado)

He also offered to explore ways to overcome the crisis by talking to the parties “constructively”.

The Nicaraguan dictatorship stripped the citizenship of 317 Nicaraguans, including writers Sergio Ramirez and Gioconda Bellito the bishops Rolando Alvarez and Silvio Baezto the former commander of the revolution Luis Carrionto the legendary ex-guerrilla Dora Maria Tellezto a veteran human rights defender Vilma Nunezto the journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorroamong others, all very critical of Daniel Ortega’s regime.

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Spain and Mexico have offered Nicaraguans affected by the statelessness measure citizenship, which has already been accepted by Sergio Ramírez (Ecuador) and Gioconda Belli (Chile).

With information from EFE

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