Headline: Nicaraguan ambassador calls his country's government a 'dictatorship'
Arturo Mcfields, Nicaragua's Ambassador to the Organization of American States, speaks in a video address from an unidentified location on March 23, 2022, in this still image from video.
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A dramatic turn of events on Wednesday at the OAS, the Organization of American States: the Nicaraguan ambassador described
the government of President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday as a "
dictatorship ".
“
Nicaragua's ambassador to the OAS rebels live against Daniel Ortega's regime
,” headlines
Confidencial
.
"
The reasons that led McFields to take such a position are unknown, but the incident has caused great emotion among the ambassadors
", notes the internet portal.
The news site
100% Noticias
was able to reach Arturo McFields after his thunderous exit from the OAS.
The now ex-Nicaraguan ambassador explains that he feels "
free
but not being able to return to his native country, certain of being incarcerated like political prisoners.
The reaction of the Ortega regime was not long in coming.
First, Arturo McFields was fired immediately from his post as ambassador to the OAS.
But that's not all: "
pro-government activists have launched a campaign against Arturo McFields"
, reports again, in another article,
100% Noticias
.
Social networks have been inundated with images of the now ex-ambassador accompanied by insulting messages such as "
traitor
" or even "
country seller
".
Defenders of human rights, on the contrary, welcome the courage of Arturo McFields.
“
Analysts see it as a sign of the cracks that run through the regime
,” notes
Nicaragua Investiga
.
“
But observers also fear a backlash from President Ortega.
Push to his limits, the dictator could be tempted to launch a new witch hunt
,” warns the portal.
For its part, the newspaper
La Prensa
tries to imagine the paranoia that must currently reign within the Sandinista regime: “
Everyone is suspect, including the most highly placed personalities of the seraglio.
They know that at any moment another Arturo McFields will arise
".
And the columnist concludes: “
Well done Arturo McFields.
Others will come
”.
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Colombia: Francia Marquez, first Afro-Colombian to run for vice-presidency
The favorite in the polls for the presidential election in May, Gustavo Petro, has chosen a vice-president.
Francia Marquez is not only a woman, she is also Afro-Colombian.
“
This lawyer is well known in Colombia for her feminist, environmentalist and anti-racist discourse,
” writes
Semana
, who describes her as “
a real political phenomenon
”.
What will the choice of Francia Marquez bring to the left-wing candidate, Gustavo Petro?
“
At this stage of the electoral race, it is a question of seeking votes in other sectors
”, explains
El Tiempo
.
“
And Francia Marquez is much more progressive than Gustavo Petro.
For example, she vehemently defends the right to abortion, which should earn her the support of a certain number of women voters and young people
”.
From this Wednesday, “
Fracia Marquez will travel to the city of Medellin
”, announces
El Espectador
.
“
It is here, in the province of Antioquia, the traditional bastion of the right, that the left-wing candidate for the vice-presidency will set up her campaign headquarters.
The Petro-Marquez team knows that only by winning a victory in this province can they claim the presidency of Colombia
”.
Madeleine Albright, first woman to serve as Secretary of State, has died aged 84 from cancer
The press pays tribute to him.
The
Daily Beast
remembers Madeleine Albright as an "
American trailblazer
", able to stand up to the tyrants of this world.
She served as Secretary of State at a time reminiscent of what we are experiencing today: a brutal authoritarian leader, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, was threatening peace in Europe.
It was Mrs. Albright, continues the Daily Beast, “
who championed a class action against him.
She helped to manage the mobilization of NATO during this war, in Kosovo
”.
Madeleine Albright's aversion to authoritarian rulers who disrespect the rule of law came naturally to her.
"
Originally from Czechoslovakia, she had fled with her family the advance of the Nazis towards London to return a few years later to her native country before leaving again, because of the Communists, towards the United States
", recalls the
Los Angeles Times
.
“
In 2018, she had the audacity to call the danger posed by President Donald Trump by his real name
,” says the Washington Post.
“
If you look at fascism as a wound from the past that has almost healed, putting Trump in the White House is like ripping off the bandage and scratching the crust
,” she wrote.
“
Madeleine Albright has shaped a whole generation of foreign policy actors
,” says the
Washington Post
columnist .
And for
USA Today
, the deceased will remain “
a political and feminist icon of the United States
”.
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