For the denationalized Nicaraguan opposition leader Felix Maradiaga, “Blocking the bank accounts of several dioceses of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua is an extreme act of aggression and persecution by the Church.”
“It is also an explicit statement of the dictatorship’s true aspirations: to silence and completely dissolve the voice and even the presence of an institution which, because of its moral weight in Nicaragua, is an obstacle to the plans of the Ortega.” Murillo, to consolidate a dynastic dictatorship,” Maradiaga warned in a public statement.
“It is time for the international community to enter the phase of complete ignorance of the regime,” he added.
The relationships of the Ortega government and the Catholic Church are now experiencing moments of great tension, marked by the expulsion and imprisonment of priests, the ban on religious activities and the suspension of their diplomatic relations.
Pope Francis called the Sandinista government a “rude dictatorship” in an interview with Infobae, pointing to “an imbalance in the person running the Central American country”.
Nicaragua has been going through a political and social crisis since April 2018, exacerbated by the controversial general election of November 7, 2021, in which Ortega was re-elected to a fifth term, fourth in a row and second jointly with his wife, Rosario Murillo. , as vice president, with her main contenders in prison or exile.
Source: El heraldo
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