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Pope, on Nicaragua: “It is as if he were bringing the communist dictatorship of 1917 or the Hitlerite dictatorship of 1935”



Pope Francis responds with harsh words to the crackdown of Daniel Ortega’s regime in Nicaragua. And he did so during an interview conducted by the Argentine agency “Infobae” and published on Friday. He faces the Nicaraguan question when the reporter asks him what he thinks of Ortega’s phrase “bishops, priests and popes are mafia”. The Pope replied, “With great respect, I have no choice but to think of the imbalance in the person who leads (Daniel Ortega).” Recall that in Nicaragua “we have a bishop in prison, a very serious and very capable man. He wanted to testify and did not accept exile. He refers to Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa arrested in August, who refused exile with the rest of the dissidents “sent” to the United States who was sentenced to 26 years in prison.Reported Record NewsIf the Pope asks to “stop human traffickers” after the shipwreck off the coast of Calabria Javier Martínez Brual asks the Pontiff “that the clear waters of the Mediterranean are no longer stained with blood” “It is something out of What we are witnessing, it is as if he brought the communist dictatorship of 1917 or the Hitler dictatorship of 1935, and brought the same dictatorship here … They are some kind of shameless dictatorship. Or, to use a gentle distinction from Argentina, guarangas. Guarangas”, adds the Pope. Precisely this week, the Ortega regime has stirred up tension against Catholic institutions, introducing a law that limits the activity of NGOs in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan government revoked the legal personality of Caritas in the country – which since 2019 has seen restrictions on its ability to maneuver in action Social and pastoral – and two Catholic universities, the Autonomous Christian University of Nicaragua (UCAN) and the University of John Paul II, were abolished. The latter was born in 1993, precisely on the initiative of the Caritas, and is associated with the episcopal conference of the country. Just a year before, Pope Valdemar had been excommunicated Stanislav Sommertag from the country.Months later Catholic radio stations were closed and Mother Teresa’s missionaries of charity expelled.In April 2018, after pressure from the government, Silvio Paez, auxiliary bishop of Managua, who now resides in Florida, left.On Tuesday, Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Permanent Observer, spoke of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, on this situation at the session of the Human Rights Council.” The delegation of the Holy See takes note of the report of the Group of Experts on Human Rights on Nicarago It expresses its deep concern about the renewed acts of violence throughout the country and the shrinking space for dialogue and negotiations in recent years. between the authorities and civil society.” In his final appeal to Nicaragua, on February 12, the Pope asked that “the hearts of political leaders and all citizens be opened to the sincere search for peace, which is born of truth, justice, freedom and love, and is achieved through the exercise of patience in dialogue. Venezuela and two empires at war in Ukraine In an interview with Infobae, journalist Daniel Haddad mentioned the situation in Venezuela, and the UN Bachelet report, which “talks about rapes, electric shocks, political prisoners and forced disappearances of people.” The Pope asked, “Do you see any light of hope that the Venezuelan regime can be modified?” “I believe if. I believe so, because it is the historical circumstances that will force them to change the method of dialogue. I believe if. In other words, I never close the door to possible solutions. On the contrary, I encourage them, “answers Francisco. Regarding the war in Ukraine, he emphasized that “I know that there are many rulers moving,” but he does not see a solution in the short term. He mentions an initiative of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the “Israeli group”. “But we don’t know where it could end,” he adds. He also addressed the issue in remarks to RSI Public Television. He recalls that “on the second day of the war, I went to the Russian Embassy to the Holy See to say I was willing to travel to Moscow if Putin would give me a window to negotiate.” Lavrov (the Russian foreign minister) wrote me thanking me, but assured me that the time was not right. The Pope adds that “Putin knows I exist.” Then, he laments, “There are imperial interests out there, not just for the Russian Empire, but for empires elsewhere. The thing about the Empire is putting nations second,” he punishes.

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