The draft resolution promotes that the OAS Permanent Council remain informed about the situation in Nicaragua.
HAVANA TIMES – On June 26 and 28, during the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), a draft resolution will be debated that calls for the “immediate” release of political prisoners in Nicaragua and urging the hemisphere’s States to redouble efforts to facilitate actions to end human rights violations in the country.
The initiative demands that the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo “immediately and unconditionally release all persons deprived of their liberty for political or religious reasons.”
The document, drafted by Canada and endorsed by other OAS member countries such as Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Uruguay, cites a “profound” concern about the deterioration of human rights in Nicaragua, which has worsened since 2018, when more than 300 politically motivated killings were documented.
Nicaragua left the OAS on November 19, 2023, becoming the second country in Latin America to voluntarily leave the organization – the first was Venezuela.
Nicaragua’s exit from the OAS comes two years after the Ortega-Murillo regime denounced the organization’s Cha
