The United States recalled the fourth anniversary of the “violent repression” with which Daniel Ortega's regime neutralized demonstrations that left some 355 dead.
“The United States commemorates the Ortega-Murillo regime's violent repression of pro-democracy protesters in Nicaragua in April 2018,” said Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols in a message on his Twitter account.
Along with the writer, Nichols shared a video in which they label the Ortega regime as an “autocratic regime”, a “family dictatorship” and of turning the Central American country “into a pariah state.”
The images explain that, four years ago, thousands of Nicaraguans flooded the streets of Managua and other cities in the country, and that what began as a rejection of controversial social security reforms, “soon became expressions of discontent with the government of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo.”
“Nicaraguans were tired of the corruption that enriched the Ortega family and impoverished the population. They were tired of the usurpation of their civil liberties. Nicaraguans were asking for change,” says the video released by the US.
He then said that “the regime responded with brutality, killing at least 350 citizens, injuring thousands and sending hundreds of thousands into exile.”
The protests, described by the Executive as an attempted coup d'état, left at least 355 dead according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), although local organizations raise the figure to 684 and the regime recognizes 200.
The US emphasized that “the crisis in Nicaragua did not end with the April 2018 protests,” because “prior to the November 2021 elections, the Ortega-Murillo doubled repression against the people of Nicaragua” and imprisoned seven aspiring candidates for the opposition presidency.
“After the elections were stolen, they continued to push Nicaragua towards a totalitarian state,” the video denounced.
According to Washington, “in their desire to install a dynastic dictatorship, the (presidential) couple took the form of another dictator of the past: Anastasio Somoza Debayle.”
“The autocratic regime has forced thousands of Nicaraguans into exile and isolated Nicaragua from the international community. Under this family dictatorship, Nicaragua has become a pariah state,” said the US.
The United States reaffirmed that it “supports the people in their desire to live in democracy, in stability, in prosperity” and together with the international community “they are committed to a future for Nicaragua in a flourishing democracy.”
Nicaragua has been going through a political and social crisis since April 2018, which has been accentuated after the controversial general elections on November 7 in which Ortega was re-elected for a fifth, fourth consecutive and second term along with his wife, Rosario Murillo, as vice-president, with his main contenders in prison.
(With information from EFE)
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