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All eyes on Nicaragua after UN mission was kicked out of the country

The mission of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights left Nicaragua on Saturday by order of the government, which worries the international community, after four months of political crisis unleashed by protests with a balance of more than 320 dead.

The mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, headed by Guillermo Fernández, traveled to Panama after Managua ordered their departure saying that reasons, causes, and conditions for which they were invited “have ceased.”

The office reiterated that it

will continue to monitor the situation and accompany the victims in their search for justice and truth from the Regional Office in Panama.”

The United Nations Security Council will analyze on Wednesday the crisis situation in Nicaragua, announced Fernández in Managua.

The OAS Working Group, chaired by Canada and composed of 12 countries, and the European Union denounced on Saturday the decision of Daniel Ortega’s government to expel the UN delegates and called for a return to dialogue to overcome the crisis.

We urge the Nicaraguan government to use the available tools and seek a positive and constructive outcome at this critical juncture,”

said the Working Group for Nicaragua in a joint statement with the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro.

The dialogue in Nicaragua, which began on May 16th with the mediation of the Catholic Church, has been paralyzed since June due to violent repression of the demonstrators and the government’s refusal to address the country’s democratization, which includes a proposal to carry out early elections that Ortega has rejected.

crhoy.com