The United States claimed that they "did not exclude" the military option in the face of the Nicaraguan crisis

The United States warned Monday that excludes any option before the crisis in Nicaragua, not even the military one. However, Todd Robinson, special envoy of the United States for Central America, said in Madrid that Washington hoped that the situation would be resolved "by political, economic and diplomatic action".

The North American representative met on Monday with representatives of the Spanish government, among whom he mentioned the director of economic affairs of La Moncloa, Manuel of the Rocha-Vázquezas part of its contacts with European allies to badyze the internal conflict in Nicaragua.

As he did last week in Brussels, the representative of the State Department insisted that the United States support the dialogue in Nicaragua. in which he will continue the sanctions against the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife, the vice-president Rosario Murilloand that Washington calls for "swift, free and fair elections."

Robinson explained that Washington was working with several Western, European and Asian countries to "defend human rights as the only acceptable means of democracy and sustainable economic development" against the authoritarianism that the country has been experiencing for twelve years. years.

He felt that "however, the Ortega regime continues to opt for repression and violence of human rights and the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people ".

For the time being, The United States continues to enforce and defend a sanctions policywithdrawal of visas to Nicaraguan leaders and restriction of investment in the country by international financial institutions.

Washington's special envoy accused Ortega of "presenting this conflict as a clbadic ideological struggle between Nicaragua and the United States, which is not the case. Daniel Ortega's conflict is with his people and his desire to live in democracy and freedom. "

The United States, he said, demand "the freedom of all political prisoners"Robinson estimates between 800 and 1,000, while despising the recent release of a hundred of them to the extent that the vast majority "remains under house arrest".

It has been asked twice whether, as in Venezuela, all options are possible, including the army, Robinson insisted that the United States focused on the political, economic and diplomatic channels but "can not rule out other options".

The crisis in Nicaragua worsened in April 2018 when demonstrations against the authoritarian system of President Ortega and his wife, Vice President Murillo, intensified.

According to humanitarian agencies, the socio-political crisis of the Central American country has since disappeared. between 325 and 561 dead, from 340 to 767 detainees, hundreds of missing, thousands of wounded and tens of thousands in exile.

For its part, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has since up to 325 dead, 2,000 injured, more than 700 political prisoners and tens of thousands of displaced people in search of refuge or asylum in other countries of the region.

While Sandinista students and former leaders such as Luis Carrión and Dora María Téllez have mobilized against the regime, businessmen are demanding the "confidence" of the population and are blaming the worrying economic deterioration caused by the internal conflict.

Last weekend, there were between 107 and 164 arrests, according to data released by the police or by the opposition.

Despite the complexity of the situation in Nicaragua, Ambbadador Robinson was convinced that the dialogue process, which is supported by the opposition, was grouped together within the "Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy". ", the Holy See and Some Allies of the United States" will work ".