Nicaragua is becoming an “enclave” of Russian espionage

During the discussion “The Political Crisis in Nicaragua and its impact on the United States”, organized by The Wilson Center, in Washington, in which Iván Duque, former president of Colombia, participated, he accused Nicaragua of being an accomplice in the Russian espionage career in the region.

“The Daniel Ortega regime is a regime complicit in the entire espionage career that Russia is conducting in the region, look at the countries it is visiting and clearly Nicaragua is becoming the enclave and paradise of Russian espionage in Central America,” he said. Duke when consulted by the media.

It is worth noting that this week the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, is making a tour of Latin America, visiting Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela and Nicaragua, whose governments have shown their sympathies with the Vladimir Putin regime. In the case of Nicaragua, there is military cooperation and exchange in different areas, in addition to commercial projects, however, the latter have never turned out as both parties expected and the United States continues to be, by far, Nicaragua’s main trading partner.

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sanctions

Duque also referred to the sanctions against the Sandinista regime and insisted that they must continue to be applied. “What I have said is that sanctions are never the ones that topple regimes, but they are the consistency and coherence to say that there are behaviors that cannot be tolerated by the international community, so they must continue.”

Complaint before the ICC

The former president of Colombia added that a complaint must be filed before the International Criminal Court against Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega, for the systematic violation of human rights and for crimes against humanity.

“It is also necessary that this denunciation be supported, not only by world leaders, but also by the same community that has suffered with the same atrocities of the dictatorship,” he said.

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At this point, he called for pursuing, wherever they are, all the assets of those who are part of the close circle of the corrupt Ortega and Murillo regime.

Regarding the fact that Nicaragua does not recognize the Rome statute, which would make it difficult to denounce Ortega and his accomplices before the ICC, Duque cited the Putin case as an example.

“Vladimir Putin, has not only been investigated, but also has an arrest warrant in the International Criminal Court and just as all the atrocities that Vladimir Putin has committed are evident, all the atrocities that Daniel Ortega has committed are also evident,” he said. .