The government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo officially announced Nicaragua’s withdrawal from the Organization of American States (OAS). This process began two years ago after they became impatient with frequent allegations by the OAS of human rights and democracy violations in Nicaragua.
The Sandinista apparatus, accused of frequent human rights violations, condemned the organization for aligning with the United States.
Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Dennis Moncada cited the alleged “coups d’état” and the “interference” of the OAS in Latin America, beginning in the 1950s with the overthrow of Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz. Moncada’s lengthy diatribe then flipped the script on the massive social protests in 2018 that were violently suppressed by the regime’s security forces, calling them an “attempted coup d’état.”
“The OAS displayed biased involvement during the unsuccessful coup attempt in Nicaragua in 2018,” alleged the Ortega-Murillo regime in reference to the social protests that left more than 350 dead amid global repudiation.
As the deadline for Nicaragua’s withdrawal grew near, the OAS issued a resolution arguing that the country’s departure from the multilateral body does not nullify its other legal obligations regarding human rights. The OAS resolution stated that Nicaragua remains obligated to respecting the human rights enumerated in various multilateral agreements and conventions, despite its long history of non-compliance with such agreements under the Ortega-Murillo regime.
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