Two weeks of ultimatum for Daniel Ortega

• Nicaragua An overwhelming majority in the OAS supports the resolution against Ortega

• Elections International rejection of Daniel Ortega's self-proclamation

Greater forcefulness does not fit. The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) has ordered its Permanent Council to demand the release of the 175 political prisoners and the seven pre-candidates who languish in the dungeons of the dictatorship before November 30. It also calls for the "immediate restitution of their democratic rights and an

independent

and members of civil society."

If this does not happen, an important group of countries is willing to tighten their pressure against the leader Daniel Ortega, even to force the suspension of Nicaragua from the body, for which it would be necessary to convene an Extraordinary General Assembly.

, the countries that have welcomed the most Nicaraguan exiles and Canada, which presented the final resolution, along with Chile, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay. Colombia, Brazil and Panama are also active in the anti-Ortega bloc. "There is no time to lose," said

, Secretary General of the OAS.

The resolution approved on Friday night confirms not only the internal and external defeat of Sandinismo, but also the historical isolation suffered by the family clan that governs Nicaragua. Nor does it leave any doubt: the votes carried out by the regime

and were already preceded by the undermining of democratic institutions. In this way, the presidential couple is left in a position similar to that already occupied by

in 2018 after his electoral fraud.

The vote within the OAS was a win: 25 votes in favor and one against, that of the delegation from Managua.

Those who have joined at the last minute include, surprisingly, the Peronist government of Argentina (which usually votes with Mexico) and Guatemala.

In favor, the delegate of the Presidency in charge of Venezuela, who represented

and the democratic Parliament of 2015,

also opted

.

The leftist government of Peru, which already joined the squad of fifty countries that ignored the elections on Monday, confirmed with its positive vote that it is not for the work of whitewashing the Sandinista regime either, despite the kicking of the leader of the communist wing of Peru Libre,

Precisely the abstention of the ambassador of

was the one that attracted the most criticism among Nicaraguan opponents, who followed with rejoicing the interventions of the different foreign ministers.

The abstention of Honduras was also confirmed, whose president, the right-wing

, has strengthened his ties with Ortega when internal criticism is strongest for his family ties to drug trafficking.

The representative of the indigenous revolution from Bolivia, Belize and three Caribbean islands, which maintain close diplomatic relations with Caracas, completed the seven abstentions.

"We will continue to use all the diplomatic tools available to the inter-American system so that Nicaragua can resume the path of reestablishing democracy," summed up the Costa Rican Foreign Minister,

.

Much must change the circumstances so that the democratic countries give in their pressure against Managua.

The latest arrests of activists and local leaders in Nicaragua have confirmed that

.

Opposition sources confirmed to EL MUNDO that of the 40 people arrested, only nine of them have been released so far.

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