Persecution continues in Nicaragua: Ortega regime orders closure of 13 more NGOs

The rule of Daniel Ortega Ordered to close this Thursday 13 Non-Government Organizations Inside Nicaragua As a result of the alleged non-compliance with the laws establishing that they must report their financial statements, “interfere with the control and monitoring” of the responsible agency. Its dissolution was approved by Interior Minister María Amelia Coronel, and after this announcement, the Attorney General's Office will move forward. Transferring your personal or real property to the name of the government.

Organizations reached include the Airlines Association, the Nicaraguan Taekwon-Do Association, the Nicaraguan Sport Fishing Association, the Nicaraguan Association of Musical Groups and Soloists, the Masaya Without Borders Association, the Tarna-Talia Livestock Association, and the Chamber of Services. Consumer, competition law, intellectual property, administrative and environmental law, among others of an evangelical Christian nature.

Likewise, others Two systems They requested Voluntary liquidation For completing the “portfolio of projects to be implemented” in the country. It is Fundación Cristiana Cuenta Conmigo and Heifer Proyecto Internacional, which promotes social development to eradicate poverty and hunger. In their cases, their assets will not be transferred to the government as they voluntarily cease their activities.

With this Thursday's announcement, there already are Over 3,600 Dissolved non-profit organizations in the context of Political crisis Nicaragua is reeling from the popular protests of April 2018.

Later, when people expressed their dissatisfaction with the Ortega-Murillo phenomenon, the regime assumed that this wave was driven by third parties, such as Washington, which provided resources through the financing of these organizations. As a result, he launched a crackdown on them, one of his many frequent moves to silence dissenting voices.

However, in theory, the administrator assures that this is a regulatory process as most of these companies are not properly registered.

In its latest annual report on human rights in the world, the US State Department took aim at Managua. Severe abuse In addition to shutting down these organizations, revoking the citizenship of nearly 300 people, pressuring and punishing exiled activists and imprisoning more than 100,000 against his listed enemies. 100 political prisonerswhom he imprisons under “atrocious conditions”.

True to their style, the ruling couple dismissed the observations and accused Washington of launching another “attack” on their sovereignty.

“This new outrage and aggression is the infamous document of the United States Department of State, which ascribes to itself the role that no one has been given as the defender of human rights in the world. We are completely unaware of this attribute that the North American Empire gives itself,” said Murillo, “and their slanders, slanders and slanders. We will respond to the list,” Ortega said.

(With information from AFP and EFE)