Solidarity with the persecuted in Nicaragua! Urgent Call to Isolate the Ortega-Murillo Regime

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Blessed is the man who does not follow the Party's slogans or attend its rallies

nor attends their rallies nor sits at the table with the gangsters

nor with the Generals in the Council of War

Blessed is the man who does not spy on his brother

nor informs on his schoolmate

Blessed is the man who does not read their commercial advertisements

nor listens to their radios nor believes their slogans.

He will be like a tree planted by a fountain.

Ernesto Cardenal

From the Pacto Ecosocial e lntercultural del Sur, we express our solidarity with the 222 political prisoners that the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo expelled to the United States last Thursday, February 9, 2023, as well as with the 94 dissidents in exile who were stripped of their nationality and property a week later, on February 16.

Both groups were stripped not only of their nationality but also of their citizenship rights. With these banishment actions, the Ortega/Murillo regime is acting against all international human rights treaties and against Nicaragua's Constitution, which states in Article 20 that "no national may be deprived of his nationality". Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to a nationality and that no one "shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality". The State of Nicaragua furthermore subscribed since 1961 and ratified in 2013 the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, which states that "The Contracting States shall not deprive any person, or any group of persons, of their nationality on racial, ethnic, religious or political grounds." Banishment is a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Flouting any notion of due process, the exiles were declared fugitives from justice and convicted as alleged "traitors to the homeland", even though they had never been charged, much less prosecuted. The resolution was simply read by the presiding magistrate of the Court of Appeals of the Managua District, Ernesto Rodriguez Mejia. In this way, they are presented with a sentence without trial and the possibility of appeal, taking any understanding of the rule of law to absurdity. According to Magistrate Rodriguez Mejia, the 94 Nicaraguans were charged by the Public Prosecutor's Office for alleged "crimes of conspiracy to commit undermining national integrity in real competition with the crime of propagation of false news through information and communication technology", all to the detriment of the State of Nicaragua and society. Clearly, this is a case of persecution of free opinion and critical thinking, an attack on the dignity of those who persist in denouncing the totalitarianism of the Ortega/Murillo regime and in defending the Nicaraguan people.

The judicial resolution also ordered the "confiscation" of all real estate assets and companies that those thus persecuted possess, either personally or as partners of any legal entity or company. With this, in addition to forced banishment and citizenship rights, they are deprived of their material means of subsistence.

We, the undersigned, once again raise our voices to express our indignation and denounce the extreme political violence of the Ortega-Murillo regime, which does not even hesitate to go after the relatives of exiled political dissidents to imprison them. All this happens in the name of a supposedly "progressive" or "leftist" regime, which in reality is the most neoliberal and authoritarian that Nicaragua has known in its history: it exacerbates extractivism, hands over and alienates natural resources, is violent against indigenous communities and famously sexist and misogynist. A government that has transcended all dictatorial limits to become a totalitarian regime.

We reiterate and reinforce what we have already expressed in our statement of 2018: The indignation, the pain, and the sense of historical frustration are doubled when such a political aberration is the product of leaders and governments that call themselves leftist. What can hurt more than the irony of a leader who calls himself revolutionary, but who even surpasses in his criminal practices those of the dictator against whom he knew how to rise up! What could be more outrageous than when this leader systematically persecutes, banishes, and imprisons those who were his former comrades in the liberation struggle!

We appeal to those self-styled leftist sectors that continue to support Ortega-Murillo to stop being accomplices of this totalitarian government. We appeal to the governments of the world to isolate the Ortega-Murillo regime and to welcome its victims with all rights and solidarity, to allow them to restart a new stage of their lives.

Solidarity with the persecuted people of Nicaragua!

February, 2023

First Signatures:

Pablo Bertinat (Argentina)

Maristella Svampa (Argentina)

Enrique Viale (Argentina)
Rafael Colombo (Argentina)
Carmen Aliaga (Bolivia)
Breno Bringel (Brasil)
Lucio Cuenca (Chile)
Arturo Escobar (Colombia)
Tatiana Roa Avendaño (Colombia)
Marilyn Machado (Colombia)
Alberto Acosta (Ecuador)
Esperanza Martínez (Ecuador)
Miriam Lang (Ecuador)
Edgardo Lander (Venezuela)
Liliana Buitrago (Venezuela)
Raphael Hoetmer (Perú)
Jose De Echave (Perú)
Virginia Vargas Valente (Perú)
Mirtha Vasquez (Perú)
Rocío Silva Santisteban (Perú)

Organizations:

Colectivo CASA (Bolivia)

Movimiento Ecofeminista de El Salvador

Fe y Alegría (Ecuador)

Grupo Derecho y Política Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Asociación Cambiu (Colombia)

Multisectorial por los Humedales de Paraná (Argentina)

Red de defensoras de Santa Bárbara (Honduras)

Cabildo por el agua (Ecuador)

Parroquia San José de Yacuambi (Ecuador)

Somos Agua (Ecuador)

Fundación Arcoiris por el respeto a la diversidad sexual (México)

Mirares (Argentina)

Abogados Ambientalistas de Argentina

Colectivo de Acción por la Justicia Ecosocial (Argentina)

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela

Individual Adhesions:

Primeras firmas:

Pablo Bertinat (Argentina)

Maristella Svampa (Argentina)

Enrique Viale (Argentina)

Rafael Colombo (Argentina)

Carmen Aliaga (Bolivia)

Breno Bringel (Brasil)

Lucio Cuenca (Chile)

Arturo Escobar (Colombia)

Tatiana Roa Avendaño (Colombia)

Marilyn Machado (Colombia)

Alberto Acosta (Ecuador)

Esperanza Martínez (Ecuador)

Miriam Lang (Ecuador)

Edgardo Lander (Venezuela)

Liliana Buitrago (Venezuela)

Raphael Hoetmer (Perú)

Jose De Echave (Perú)

Virginia Vargas Valente (Perú)

Mirtha Vasquez (Perú)

Rocio Silva Santisteban (Perú)

Organizaciones:

Colectivo CASA (Bolivia)

Movimiento Ecofeminista de El Salvador

Fe y Alegría (Ecuador)

Grupo Derecho y Política Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Asociación Cambiu (Colombia)

Multisectorial por los Humedales de Paraná (Argentina)

Red de defensoras de Santa Bárbara (Honduras)

Cabildo por el agua (Ecuador)

Parroquia San José de Yacuambi (Ecuador)

Somos Agua (Ecuador)

Fundación Arcoiris por el respeto a la diversidad sexual (México)

Mirares (Argentina)

Abogadas Ambientalistas de Argentina

Colectivo de Acción por la Justicia Ecosocial (Argentina)

Observatorio de Ecología Política de Venezuela

Asociación de Abogados y Abogadas Ambientalistas de Argentina

Colectivo de Acción por la Justicia Ecosocial (Argentina)

Adhesiones individuales:

Mario Pecheny (Argentina)

Isabella Alcañiz (EEUU)

Gabriel Kessler (Argentina)

Rita Segato (Argentina-Brasil)

Ulrich Brand (Austria)

Horacio Machado Aráoz (Argentina)

Roberto Gargarella (Argentina)

Patricia Zangaro (Argentina)

Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Argentina)

Jorge Daneri (Holanda-Argentina)

Gastón Chillier (Argentina)

Diana Dowek (Argentina)

Dolores Reyes (Argentina)

Guillermo Folguera (Argentina)

Victoria Murillo (EEUU)

Ruben Lo Vuolo (Argentina)

Inti Bonomo (Argentina)

Sebastian Pereyra (Argentina)

Alejo de Risio (Argentina)

Ricardo A. Gutiérrez (Argentina)

Gabriel Vommaro (Argentina)

Horacio Tarcus (Argentina)

Claudia Aboaf (Argentina)

Pablo Stefanoni (Argentina)

Josué Almanza (México)

Ernesto Calvo (Argentina)

Germán J. Pérez (Argentina)

Susana Torres Molina (Argentina)

Luis Saez (Argentina)

Hernan Nemi (Argentina)

Lorena Díaz (Colombia)

Isabella Alcañiz (EEUU)

Claudia Briones (Argentina)

Carlos Altamirano (Argentina)

Francisca Fernández Droguett (Chile)

Pablo Alabarces (Argentina)

Américo Schvartzman (Argentina)

Jorge Villanova (Argentina)

Carolina de Moura (Brasil)

Juan Cuvi (Ecuador)

M. Teresa La Valle (Ecuador)

Anyi Castelblanco (Colombia)

Dunia Enamorado Sagastume (Honduras)

Luis Túpac-Yupanqui Tamayo (Ecuador)

Gonzalo Vergez (Argentina)

Elena Vela (Ecuador)

Pocho Álvarez (Ecuador)

Cristina Julia Agüero (Argentina)

José Walsh (Canadá)

Martha Roldós Bucaram (Ecuador)

Rosa Cornejo (Honduras)

Analía Reale (Argentina)

Cinthia Andrade (Ecuador)

Yeni Marilú Castillo Palacios (Ecuador)

Célio Turino (Brasil)

Sonia Correa (Brasil)

Sofia Paula Nemenmann (Argentina)

Jesús Salvador Calva (Ecuador)

Paulo Peixoto de Albuquerque (Brasil)

Lena Lavinas (Brasil)

Karina Jannello (Argentina)

Darío González Posso (Colombia)

Manuela Lavinas (EEUU- Ecuador)

Marcos Filardi (Argentina)

Gloria Careaga (México)

Sergio Bertini (Argentina)

Jorge Huichalaf (Chile. Wallmapu)

Óscar Ugartetxe (México)

Francia Jenny Moreno Zapata (Colombia)

Claudio Siracusano (Argentina)

Alejandro José De Oto (Argentina)

Leonardo E. Stanley (Argentina)

Catalina Toro Pérez (Colombia)

Danilo Quijano Silva (Perú)

Beatriz Sarlo (Argentina)

Salvador Marconi (Chile)

Betina Zolkower (EEUU)

María Mercedes Salgado (Brasil)

Salama Pierre (Francia)

Humberto Mario Meza (Brasil)

Carlos Nanuel Castro Riera (Ecuador)

Juan Carlos Cruz Barrientos (Costa Rica)

Diana Kordon (Argentina)

Pascal Girot Pignot (Costa Rica)

Lucy Garrido (Uruguay)

Koldo Unceta (España)

Ana Bressan (Argentina)

William Gómez (Brasil)

Magdalena Valdivieso Ide (Chile)

Gina Benavides Llerena (Ecuador)

Darío González Posso (Colombia)

Marcelo Coelho (Brasil)

Aida Heredia Reyes (Ecuador)

Daniel Rodríguez (Argentina)

Acerbo Osvaldo Joaquín (Argentina)

Darío Lagos (Argentina)

Uwe Hasert (Ecuador)

Melvin Antonio Peralta Centeno (Nicaragua)

Andrea Margarita Del Carmen (Costa Rica)

Germán Vargas Farías (Perú)

Line Bareiro (Paraguay)

Sergio Grez (Chile)

Luis Carrión (Nicaragua)

Ciska Raventós Vorst (Costa Rica)

Tamara May Baltodano López (Perú)

Germán F. Westphal (EE.UU)

Juan Pablo Cafena Garfe (Chile)

Eid Céspedes (Bolivia)

Lucila Edelman (Argentina)

Juan Antonio Acacio (Argentina)

Priscilla Vindas Salazar (Costa Rica)

Melva Gualinga (Ecuador)

Maria Paz del Rio Varela (Chile)

Hugo Cabieses (Perú)

José Alberto Montoya (Nicaragua)

Mara Viveros Vigoya (Colombia)

Lilian Celiberti (Uruguay)

Barbara Lucas (Alemania)

Eréndira Cornejo López (México)

Javier Gómez Aguilar (Bolivia)

Eugenia Solis (Costa Rica)

Maria Lohman (Bolivia)

María Esther Montanaro Mens (Costa Rica)

Clara Murguialday (España)

Iosu Perales Arretxeñ (País Vasco)

Mariano Crespo (Venezuela)

Adrian Beling (Argentina)

Emiliano Terán Mantovani (Venezuela)

Jose Correa Leite (Brasil)

Jen Williamson (EE.UU.)

Lorena Vargas Ampuero (Argentina)

Delfín Gerónimo (Argentina)

Jocke Nyberg (Suecia)

Myrian González Vera (Paraguay)

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