Currently in Guatemala
More than 120 other banished Nicaraguans have obtained Spanish nationality by July 2024 through a special and expedited process known as “letter of naturalization.”
HAVANA TIMES – The 135 Nicaraguans who were released from prison and exiled to Guatemala on September 5, 2024, will be eligible to apply for Spanish nationality, just as other Nicaraguans who were stripped of their nationality by orders of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, Spain’s Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, announced.
The minister noted that this offer of Spanish nationality is similar to what the government already extended in 2023 to other Nicaraguans deprived of their citizenship and clarified that the offer also applies to their immediate family members. “Our commitment to them is firm, and I am pleased to announce today that this has been extended to their first-degree relatives who are in precarious situations,” he added.
“Spain, with our current foreign policy, is and will always be a home to our Latin American brothers and sisters who defend freedom and democracy,” said the minister during an address to the Foreign Affairs