Who are the 94 Nicaraguan opponents who lost their nationality by order of the Ortega regime

The writers Sergio Ramirez and Gioconda Belli; the Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Silvio Baez; veteran human rights defender, Vilma Nunezthe journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro and former commander Luis Carrionformer comrade in arms of the dictator Daniel Ortegaare on the list of 94 Nicaraguans declared stateless by regime authorities.

The list also includes diplomats, former state officials, human rights defenders, Sandinista dissidents, academics, students, businessmen, traders, among others, that a Court of Appeal of Managua declared them”traitors to the countryand ordered the confiscation of his assets.

Silvio Jose Baez Ortegaauxiliary bishop of Managua and exiled in the United States, is at the top of the list of religious, which includes priests Edwin Roman, Harvest padilla there Uriel Vallejos.

Sergio Ramirezwho was vice-president of Nicaragua during the first Sandinista government (1979-1990), which Ortega also led, is among the dissidents stripped of his nationality and declared “traitors to the country”.

former commander of the revolution Luis Carrionpoet and writer Mona Lisa Belliformer guerrilla commander Monica Baltodanothe former secretary for international relations of the Sandinista National Liberation Frontl (FSLN) Julio Lopez Camposand former member of board of directors after the fall of the Somoza dictatorship, Moses Hassanare others who have had their nationality withdrawn.

Also to former MPs Enrique Saenz there Oedipus Dubonoldest retiree Roberto Danilo Samcam, Dulce Maria Porras, Hector Mairena, Azahalia Solisamong others.

The list is headed by former magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice Rafael Solíswho is the witness of the marriage of Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murilloto which accused of not acting reasonably and sanely in the crisis that the country has been going through since April 2018, but rather with the desire to impose a “state of terrorwith the excessive use of para-police forces.

Also the former Nicaraguan Ambassador to the Organization of American States (AEO), Arthur McFields Tinderswho rebelled against Ortega for not allowing free elections in his country.

Ligia Gomezformer senior civil servant Central Bank of Nicaraguawho recalled in 2018 before the American Congress that Murillo had given the order to respond “by everything” to the anti-government protests which exploded that year and caused hundreds of deaths.

Norman Caldera and Salvador StadthagenChancellor and Vice-Chancellor during the Administration of Enrique Bolaños (2002-2007), are also part of the list of Nicaraguans whose nationality has been withdrawn.

others are the sociologist Javier Melendezwho was an adviser Department of Defense under the Bolaños government; and the former minister of education Humbert Belli.

Vilma NunezPresident of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh); Gonzalo Carrionof the Nicaraguan Human Rights Collective Nunca Más and Alvaro Leivaof the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (Anpdh), are on the list of persons concerned.

The Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorroawarded in the 38th Ortega y Gasset Prize for Journalismand Wilfredo Miranda, correspondent in Nicaragua for Spanish newspaper El País and winner of 2018 King of Spain Ibero-American Journalism Awardare two of the communicators who were stripped of their nationality and ordered the seizure of their assets in Nicaragua.

Also to Digital Media Managers Lucia Pineda (100% News), Luis Galeano (Coffee with Voice), Jennyfer Ortiz (Nicaragua survey), Patricia Orozco (local Wave), Manuel Diaz (Nica Bacchanale), Alvaro Navarro (section 66), david quintana (Ecological Bulletin), Annibale Toruno (Radio Dario), santiago aburto (BTN News) and Camilo de Castro Bellison of the poet Gioconda Belli.

The list is closed by the academic Ernest Medinawhat was rector of a private university linked to the Nicaraguan military; the searcher Elvira Cuadrasociologist and journalist Sofia Montenegroresearcher and journalist Uriel Pinedathe peasant chief Francisca Ramirezthe environmentalist Amaru Ruizand the political scientist Manuel Orozco.

In addition, opponents Alexa Zamora, Jesús Tefel, Luciano García, Haydee Castillo, Mónica López, Kitty Monterrey, Irlanda Jérez, Eliseo Núñez, Álvaro Somoza Urcuyo (nephew of dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle), Berta Valle, wife of the former prisoner and expatriate Felix Maradiaga, among others.

(With information from EFE)

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