The United States "does not exclude" the military option in Nicaragua – Prensa Libre

Robinson met on Monday with representatives of the Spanish government, among whom he mentioned the director of economic affairs of La Moncloa, Manuel de la Rocha-Vazquez, as part of his contacts with European allies. badyze the internal conflict in Nicaragua.

As he did last week in Brussels, the State Department representative insisted today that the EE. UU supports dialogue in Nicaragua; which will continue sanctions against the regime led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, and Washington calls for "early, free and fair elections".

The US ambbadador explained that Washington is working with several Western, European and Asian countries to "defend human rights as the only acceptable way to achieve democracy and sustainable economic development". against the authoritarianism that the country lives for 12 years.

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

For the moment, the United States continues to apply and defend a policy of sanctions, of withdrawal of visas to the leaders of Nicaragua and limiting investment in the country by international financial institutions.

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

USA The United States, he said, demanded "the release of all political prisoners," which Mr. Robinson estimated between 800 and 1,000, while he despised the recent release of a hundred of them to the extent that the vast majority "Continues to be under house arrest."

Asked twice about whether, as in Venezuela, all options are on the table, including the army, Robinson insisted that the EE. UU focuses on the political paths, economic and diplomatic but "You can not rule out other options."

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

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According to humanitarian agencies, the socio-political crisis of the country of Central America since that date between 325 and 561 dead, 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) counted from there up to 325 dead, two thousand wounded, more than 700 political prisoners and tens of thousands of displaced people in search of refuge or asylum in other countries of the region.

Whereas Sandinista students and former leaders like Luis Carrión and Dora María Téllez have mobilized against the government, businessmen ask "trust" to the people and they report the worrisome economic deterioration caused by the internal conflict.

Last weekend there were between 107 and 164 arrests, according to data published by the police or 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". "Holy See and some US allies UU., "It'll work."

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