The Washington Post editorial compares Daniel Ortega's dictatorship to Maduro Cubanet's dictatorship

MIAMI, United States. The largest count of corpses since the pro-democracy protests in Nicaragua began on Sunday, April 18, when a bloody badault against the protesters took place. Police and pro-government paramilitary forces have killed 31 civilians, four policemen and three group members linked to President Daniel Ortega, who, according to human rights observers, have killed more than 300 people in the country. 39, Central America. A little less than 24 hours later, Monday, pro Ortega thugs, armed with sticks and pistols, invaded a church where protesters had fled, abusing the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Silvio José Báez , and according to reliable reports that Nicaragua and the critical political and social situation that this country is experiencing were the theme of the editorial published on Wednesday, July 11 by the Washington Post, in which one denounces once again that the number of deaths continues to increase.

"Such bloodshed, reminiscent of the political butchery that took place in Central America in the '70s and' 80s, is pretty disgusting in itself, but what was particularly troubling in this latest episode was 39, is that it came right after Ortiega said at a rally on Saturday his unequivocal rejection of the main compromise proposed to resolve the crisis in Nicaragua: hold early national elections, instead of waiting for 2021. And on Monday, the Ortega government issued a proclamation stating that its opponents were "terrorists" and canceling any political conversation until the "serious problem of terrorism, of insecurity and violence be solved and resolved. "

Daniel Ortega and his regime opted for a total repression, similar to that practiced against the democratic movement in Venezuela, and it is true that the protesters in Nicaragua blocked important roads with heavy barricades. same tactic used by opponents of the old Somoza dictatorship (the Sandinista front of Ortega was too). But the Ortega regime forces its opponents to strike and civil disobedience, and this situation affects the Nicaraguan economy.

The government is responsible for the vast majority of the dead and wounded, and unlike the regime's propaganda, the opposition remains mbadively peaceful and disarmed. "The only terrorism today in Nicaragua is official terrorism."

The editorial of Post ensures that neighboring countries of the region, of the Western Hemisphere, must help achieve democracy and avoid a civil war at all costs. On July 5, just before the latest episode of violence, the Trump government announced economic sanctions against three of Ortega's senior lieutenants, who, according to the State Department, "were involved in serious violations human rights or involved in corruption. "These words send a message of protest necessary, albeit limited, from the United States. The best vehicle would be a coalition led by other Latin American countries to pressure Mr. Ortega and support talks between him and the opposition, since the dictator of Nicaragua appears to be trying to demonstrate that the Democracies in the region are too distracted by other issues, such as the political transition in Mexico, and thus avoid escalating conflict against them. They must prove him wrong.