The United States demanded that dictator Daniel Ortega listen to his ambassador to the OAS

The United States asked Daniel Ortega's regime in Nicaragua to “listen” to its ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Arturo McFields Yescas, who denounced the “dictatorship” of his country and demanded the release of political prisoners.

“The Nicaraguan Ambassador to the OAS resigned today denouncing the Ortega-Murillo regime for its record of oppression of human rights. We congratulate Ambassador McFields for his courage in giving voice to the millions of Nicaraguan compatriots waiting for a return to democracy,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Twitter.

Previously, during his speech at a virtual session of the OAS permanent council, McFields decided to stop “being silent,” lashed out against Daniel Ortega's dictatorship in his country, and called for the release of political prisoners.

“Denouncing my country's dictatorship is not easy, but continuing to remain silent and defending the indefensible is impossible,” McFields said in his plea.

However, he said that “there is hope”, because, he said, “people inside the Government and outside are tired of the dictatorship.”

At the same meeting, the US Acting Representative to the OAS, Bradley Freden, stated: “I hope that the Government of Nicaragua is hearing the right message: that if they continue on the same path, they cannot help but lose the support of their own people.”

Freden defined McFields as a “Nicaraguan patriot” and assured that “he has made the right decision.”

Later, in a Twitter message, Freden praised McFields' courage “to renounce his position as Nicaragua's ambassador to the OAS in a speech in which he denounced the record of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship against human rights and said he could no longer support the regime.”

Countries such as Uruguay, Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador applauded the gesture and expressed concern for the safety of Nicaraguans, while Argentina and Mexico said they took note of his words.

The Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, said that McFields took “the ethically correct position” and offered him the “protection” of the body.

On January 10, Ortega began her fifth term, the second with his wife, Rosario Murillo, as vice-president, following elections marked by the imprisonment of opponents, and with new US and European Union (EU) sanctions against relatives and relatives of the president.

(With information from EFE)

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