Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional
Unida Nicaragua Triunfa
INTERVENTION OF THE DELEGATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF RECONCILIATION AND NATIONAL UNITY
OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA IN THE 51st GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS
FOURTH PLENARY SESSION
REPLICAS TO THE POINT ON NICARAGUA
GUATEMALA, HYBRID FORMAT
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Honorable President of the General Assembly of the OAS,
Honorable Delegates of States and Governments of our America,
Mr. Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General,
The declarations of some of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, against the Free, Worthy and Sovereign People of Nicaragua, will be recorded in history as one of the most grotesque attacks against Democracy, the Principles of International Law, the Charter of the United Nations and the Founding Charter of this organization.
In their eagerness to give lessons to Nicaragua on how to conduct its internal affairs and on how to build a genuine and participatory democracy, these governments do not realize, or try to hide, the suffering of their own societies.
Who can believe that Colombia enjoys a real democracy, when thousands of indigenous and social leaders have been systematically persecuted and assassinated, all of them could have been mayors, governors, members of parliament or presidents. This without even referring to the role of drug trafficking and organized crime in that country or the fact that Colombian mercenaries are recruited to commit unforgivable acts of terrorism, such as the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, on July 7 of this year.
Who can say that Brazil is a true democracy, when racism and structural discrimination in that country keep its Afro-descendant population excluded from almost all decision-making processes and permanently impoverished. The abuses and negligence of this government are also notorious, evidently having committed crimes against humanity, to the detriment of its own people, for his "denial of COVID19" and which has resulted in the deaths of more than 600 thousand Brazilian sisters and brothers.
We said it yesterday and we will repeat it again today, corruption erodes the public administration and undermines the proper functioning of democracy, it also pollutes the independence of the judiciary. The Cochinilla Case reveals that corruption has taken root in the Government of Costa Rica and the Panama Papers also indicates that apparently some leaders and high government officials of Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay and Panama have also resorted to illicit economic and financial practices.
Mr. President, as Guatemala is the host of this 51st General Assembly of the OAS, we hoped to have the respect of your Government, however, unfortunately that has not been the case. We recommend that the Delegation of Guatemala, out of consideration for its own People and the People of Nicaragua, disassociate itself from this malicious campaign and refrain from making statements that violate the Rights of Nicaraguan citizens. We must also remind the Dominican Republic that it contradicts its own history and that it speaks arrogantly about the crisis in Haiti, without accepting its share of responsibility, as it implements discriminatory and xenophobic policies against the brotherly People of Haiti. We demand respect from the Dominican Republic, not only for the Nicaraguan People, but for the Brotherly People of Haiti.
Mr. President,
Throughout our history, different governments of the United States have been the worst aggressors against the Nicaraguan People. THE GOVERNMENTS OF THAT COUNTRY, NOT ITS PEOPLE, WHICH HAS ALWAYS EXPRESSED SOLIDARITY.
In the hands of different US administration is the blood of hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans who courageously defended National Sovereignty. The United States has militarily intervened in Nicaragua, overthrown governments and imposed rulers, protected dictators, and organized and financed wars and terrorism against the Nicaraguan People.
The most recent proof of this has been the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague in 1986; the failed coup of 2018; the perverse practice of imposing unilateral, illegal, cruel and criminal measures that violate our Right to Development; and today, yet again, through their actions that seek to violate the Civil and Political Rights of almost three million Nicaraguans who exercised their Sovereign Right to vote during the general elections of November 7.
They criticize Democracy in Nicaragua when their own political system is falling apart, when they systematically exclude African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans from exercising their right to vote, where the chain of custody of the vote is not guaranteed, nor is there an independent federal electoral authority and therefore, Mr. President, almost half of the electorate rejects the results of the 2020 presidential elections. All of this without even talking about its history of Police brutality and racism that torture, murder or imprison thousands, if not tens of thousands of African Americans annually.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I can say with absolute certainty that Nicaragua is advancing upon paths of Dignity, Peace and National Sovereignty. In the November 7 elections, millions of Nicaraguans and no citizens of any other nationality, exercised their right to elect the President and Vice President of the Republic and the Members of the National Assembly and Central American Parliament. With great pride we can highlight that 50% of all those elected were women, credentials enough to demonstrate that a Genuine and Lasting Democracy is being built in Nicaragua.
Thank you very much Mr. President