The United States promised "to move forward" in the implementation of measures against Nicaragua in the OAS

The country's ambbadador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Carlos Trujillo, today expressed his desire to "advance" the application in Nicaragua of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which opens the door to the suspension of the country of the body.

"We need to move forward, I think there is no negotiation and if we do not move on the issue of democracy and human rights in Nicaragua, we must apply Article 20, "Trujillo told reporters, who is now chairing the Council. Permanent Assembly of the OAS, which gives it more power to decide issues on the agenda.

On January 11, the Permanent Council of the OAS initiated the implementation of the Charter in Nicaragua, but since then no specific diplomatic initiative has been taken. There was also no session on the crisis in this Central American country, which has left three hundred dead since April 2018.

On Sunday, opposition national blue and white units urged the OAS and the Vatican to "urgently rebadess" the Nicaraguan case after Police and paramilitaries attacked a group of protesters on Saturday as part of an incident that left 11 detainees and 4 injured by bullets, including the attacker.

The incident came less than 24 hours after the government of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega signed a pledge not to repress those who participated in anti-government protests, among other rights guaranteed by the Nicaraguan Constitution.

"What we saw," said Trujillo, "is totally unacceptable, and what happened in Nicaragua this weekend is totally unacceptable." "They are negotiating and, at the same time, they are oppressing students, peaceful people who are demanding and demonstrating in the streets, we will take them into account and we will talk about them here at the OAS". he promised. American diplomat.

At the same time that the US wants to resuscitate the Nicaraguan issue at the OAS, the General Secretariat of the Organization is preparing a report on the situation in the country and on what it has observed as companion of the process of dialogue between the opposition and the Ortega executive.

The report will be prepared by the mission led by former Uruguayan Defense Minister Luis Ángel Rosadilla, who finished his work last week.

According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the crisis in Nicaragua since last April has left 325 dead, while the local humanitarian groups have the figure at 561 and Ortega recognizes it. 199.