Tegucigalpa, (EFE).- Nicaraguan writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli thanked the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, this Sunday for “not keeping quiet about Nicaragua”, where the authorities have deprived the nationality of 317 opponents and critics of the Government of Daniel Ortega, including the two dissidents.
“Thank you very much President @GabrielBoric for embodying dignity and integrity by not being silent about Nicaragua. A hug”, Ramírez, 2007 Cervantes Prize winner, and exiled in Spain, wrote on Twitter.
In a message on that social network, Boric sent a fraternal hug to Ramírez, Belli, journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, feminist Sofía Montenegro “and all those whom Ortega has tried to deprive of their Nicaraguan nationality.”
“The dictator does not know – alluding to Ortega – that the country is carried in his heart and in his actions, and is not deprived by decree,” added the Chilean president.
For her part, Belli, author of the novel “El país de las mujeres”, winner of the 2010 La Otra Orilla Latin American Literature Prize and also in exile in Spain, praised Boric, until now the only Latin American president to openly condemn Ortega for declare 317 Nicaraguans stateless.
“Thank you for being consistent and for supporting a rule of law and the democratic demand in Nicaragua and Latin America. My respects and affection to Gabriel Boric ”, the winner of the Seix Barral 2008 Brief Library Award for her work “Infinity in the Palm of the Hand ” wrote on Twitter.
Until now, Latin American governments have not unanimously condemned the case of the 317 stateless Nicaraguans, with the exception of Chile.
Colombia and Mexico have reacted cautiously, while Brazil and Argentina have remained silent, as have the rest of the Central American countries.
Nicaragua withdrew the nationality last Wednesday of 94 citizens – bringing the number of stateless persons in recent days to 317 – for their criticism of Ortega, who also ordered the exile of 222 former political prisoners, who were released and sent on a plane To united states.
The 94 Nicaraguans -human rights defenders, priests, environmentalists, Sandinista dissidents, students, businessmen and merchants, among others- have also been stripped of their right to property, accused of crimes against the Government and declared fugitives from Justice.
Among those who were stripped of their Nicaraguan nationality is Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who on February 9 refused to be exiled to the United States along with the other 222 people and the following day was sentenced to more than 26 years and 4 months of imprisonment. prison.
