During an informal meeting held on 21 June between different delegations to the Organization of American States, a proposal was agreed on the draft resolution “The human rights crisis in Nicaragua”, in which Brazil backwards, that Arturo McFields, former ambassador to the OAS, qualifies as a people’s victory.

“An important victory for the Nicaraguan people at the Organization of American States, finally the Brazilian delegation backed down, changes were agreed, largely thanks to countries like Chile, which also raised the issue of recognizing the human rights violations in Nicaragua,” McFields said on his Twitter account.

Likewise, the former diplomat of the dictatorship explained that changes are made to the text, “the dictator’s human rights abuses in Nicaragua are repeated, in particular Chile, Colombia and Brazil have managed to hear and change words such as the return of Democracy What return?There is no democracy in Nicaragua and this is recognized at the OAS.

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McFields said bluntly, “Lula backs off.” He also indicated that there are changes in the resolution and that Canada was responsible for taking the data and making its corrections, in order to present an alternative text that benefits the people of Nicaragua.

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She also considers that this text “strengthens the fight for the defense of human rights and urges the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the OAS to continue beyond 5 months”.

“Continuing the fight, the denunciation of what is happening in Nicaragua, the freedom of political prisoners, it is very important and it is a victory for the Nicaraguan people”, he continued.

Likewise, he said it remains to be seen “whether this consensus proposal is the one approved on Friday. Everything seems to indicate yes. Victory for the people.

This change in Brazil’s position also occurs in the context of the meeting between President Lula da Silva and Pope Francis. After this meeting, Lula promised to try to speak to the dictator Daniel Ortega so that he releases Monsignor Rolando Álvarez.

“I will speak with Ortega so that they can set him free because you have to learn to ask for forgiveness (…) and recognize this mistake,” said Lula, who met Pope Francis this Wednesday for 45 minutes at the Vatican. .