The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved the resolution on “The political and human rights crisis in Nicaragua”, which revolves around nine points, including the cessation of repression against citizens and the full restoration of civic order and political rights, the release of political prisoners and the guarantee of the right to religious freedom.

The organization expressed its “deep concern” at the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Nicaragua, citing the multiple arbitrary arrests, the imprisonment of political figures, the forced closure of organizations of the society and universities, the seizure of offices of municipal authorities, the repression of journalists and raids on media organizations, and the intimidation of community leaders committed by the Ortega regime. “Which generates a climate of oppression and fear”, dictates the resolution.

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Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola was one of the voices raised for “more democracy” in the region, during her speech to OAS member states.

The human rights defender, who followed the socio-political crisis in Nicaragua in 2018, stressed that her government is “concerned about the reduction of democratic space in the region and in the world” and declared its will to “build bridges”.

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Urrejola also led a meeting among 14 hemispheric states to address the crisis in Nicaragua, which was attended by United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canada’s Under Secretary for the Americas, Michael Grant.

But among the governments that have decided not to condemn the Nicaraguan dictatorship is that of Xiomara Castro in Honduras, wife of former President Manuel Zelaya, close to Ortega.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Torres justified his government’s position by emphasizing that “it is very complicated to get involved in an intervention process in a neighboring country” and revealed that “there is no has no answer” to the question of whether Honduras is asking for the release of political prisoners.

This Friday, the second hearing took place for four priests, a deacon, two seminarians and a layman from the diocese of Matagalpa, close to Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who are accused of the alleged crimes of conspiracy to undermine national integrity and spread fake news.

Former judiciary employee Yader Morazán revealed on his Twitter account that the hearing will take place in the morning to propose the evidence that will be presented in court.

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The recent Basel Anti-Money Laundering Index report ranks Nicaragua as the second worst country in Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against this scourge.

The document details that the country scored 6.70 on a scale of one to ten, where ten is the maximum risk.

Nicaragua was only edged out by Haiti, which closed with a negative score of 8.16 points in the region.

Compared to the rest of the world, Nicaragua ranks 19th in terms of money laundering risk, surpassed only by Nigeria, Tonga, Zimbabwe and China.