On May 26, 2019, anti-government protesters demonstrate for the release of prisoners in Managua. INTI OCON / AFP
More than 200 opposition prisoners, including two French women, were released Thursday in Nicaragua by the government of Daniel Ortega and are on their way to the United States, relatives and opponents in exile said.
Strong repressions of the president
“222 political prisoners arrive in Washington, they have been freedsaid in a video posted on social media Arturo McFields, the former Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), who was ousted after calling his country a dictatorship and who now lives in the United States. United. Javier Alvarez, a Nicaraguan living in exile in Costa Rica, confirmed to AFP that among those freed are his wife and daughter, who also have French nationality. Managua hasn’t made any official statements yet.
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Washington hailed the release of political prisoners, speaking of a measure “positive“. More than 200 opponents have been sent to prison in the crackdown that followed protests that erupted in 2018 against Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua’s president since 2007.
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