Brazil calls for consultations with ambassadors for the murder of one of its citizens in Nicaragua

Managua.- Brazil today requested consultations with the Ambassador of Nicaragua in Brasilia, Lorena Martinez, and with his Brazilian counterpart in Managua, Luis Claudio Villafañe Gomes, to clarify the issues related to the murder of a Brazilian student in the country of Central America, where the wave of violence continues.

In a statement reproduced by the main Brazilian media, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regretted the death of the young woman and condemned "deepening of the repression" in Nicaragua, as well as "l '; disproportionate and lethal use of force ". "Rayneia Gabrielle Lima 31 years old, died after being attacked by unknown gunmen who shot at the vehicle she was driving in Managua on Monday night." Police attributed the attack to a "police officer." private security "and promised to investigate the case.

The crime occurred on the eve of a new day of violence that left at least eight people dead and several injured in armed attacks in different parts of the country, and amid growing US criticism of the government of Daniel Ortega.

US Vice President Mike Pence said "state-sponsored violence in Nicaragua is undeniable" and urged Ortega to hold early elections.

"Ortega's propaganda does not deceive anyone and does not change anything," Pence wrote on Twitter in response to an interview that the 72-year-old leader offered to Fox News on Monday.

"More than 350 killed by the regime, the United States calls the Ortega government to stop the violence NOW and to hold early elections, the world is watching," added Pence.

For its part, Ortega, in an interview Tuesday at the Venezuelan channel Telesur, argued that violence in the country is the result of an "international brand conspiracy" with the participation of local businessmen and promoted by the United States, which supported the "against" Sandinista in his first government (1985-1990).

"The poison is put by the US law" Nica Act ", US interventionism still in Nicaragua If the United States respected what Nicaraguans say, the businessmen would work with Nicaragua and the Social Security reform would have been approved "The demonstrations broke out on April 18, he said.

In this regard, Ortega stated that the controversial reform, which he repealed in May, "is essential" and "urgent", and that he would put on the table "to refine more (and) with the consensus of affiliates "to social security.

The governor also denies that his government manages vigilance or paramilitary groups which he attributes to "right-wing parties and coup d'etat" although these forces were seen and filmed alongside police in uniform.

Furthermore, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh, Independent), Vilma Núñez, said that four people had been killed during a paramilitary attack against protesters in the city of Jinotega , 150 kilometers north of Managua.

Speaking to the channel 100% Noticias (private), Núñez indicated that among the deceased there is a child. The television station assured that another 25 people were injured in the same place.

During the incident, police said in a statement that the civilians killed were three and that there were five policemen injured in clashes.

The entity stated that the Sandino neighborhood had been "kidnapped by terrorist groups who were holding barricades and barricades". For his part, Ortega's vice president and wife, Rosario Murillo, reports that three members of the ruling Sandinista party "were murdered" in the rural area of ​​Waslala (north-east), but indicated that not who is responsible for the crime.

Cenidh's president said that other paramilitary groups have kidnapped Mayor Apolonio Vargas of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) in Mulukuku municipality in the north of the country.

He added that the government "unleashed a brutal repression" of its opponents and those involved in the demonstrations that began in April against Ortega. According to human rights NGOs, more than 350 people have died since then.

Meanwhile, the student movement leading the protests condemned their return to dialogue to end the persecution of opponents and the disbanding and disarmament of paramilitaries, according to Ernesto Medina, a university student advisor.

"We can not return to dialogue if these minimum conditions are not met because young people continue to be persecuted and kidnapped", says Medina, rector of the University of Managua and member of the Civic Alliance of Opposition.

Suspended Dialogue

Dialogue is suspended and Catholic Bishops will meet this week to decide whether they will continue in their role as mediators, after Ortega has accused them to "be part of a coup plot" to destabilize it.

The rector said that hundreds of civilians linked to protests against President Ortega were arrested by police and paramilitaries in different parts of the country. According to the NGO Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (Anpdh), 758 people have been victims of kidnappings in recent days.

Medina said the government is suing a large number of people, but has not arrested "a single policeman or paramilitary involved in atrocious crimes". The paramilitaries, says the professor, are "at the base of the great power of Ortega".