{"id":519610,"date":"2026-08-04T20:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T00:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/seven-oas-countries-express-concern-over-electoral-restrictions-in-nicaragua\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T00:44:26","slug":"seven-oas-countries-express-concern-over-electoral-restrictions-in-nicaragua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/seven-oas-countries-express-concern-over-electoral-restrictions-in-nicaragua\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven OAS countries express concern over electoral restrictions in Nicaragua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Washington.- <\/strong>A group of seven member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) expressed their “deep concern” over the recent statements by the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, regarding the suppression of elections in the Central American country and reforms that, they warn, violate human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement, signed by Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay, reaffirms that representative democracy requires political pluralism, genuine multi-party elections, and full respect for human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the statement, the signatories affirm that “elections without genuine political competition cannot constitute a free and democratic expression of the popular will,” in reference to the announcements by Ortega and the Nicaraguan National Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint statement maintains that this drift calls into question the existence of an authentic electoral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the text warns that “such measures undermine the effective exercise of political rights guaranteed by the American Convention on Human Rights” and are incompatible with the OAS Charter and the Inter-American Democratic Charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The countries urge the Nicaraguan authorities to respect their international obligations and to guarantee citizen participation under conditions of equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International rejection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The pronouncement comes one day before the OAS Permanent Council holds a meeting to analyze the situation in Nicaragua and the convocation of a Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicaragua formally left the OAS in 2023, following the completion of the withdrawal process initiated by the Daniel Ortega government, and therefore currently has no representatives before the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The session will take place after Ortega, who co-presides over the country along with his wife, Rosario Murillo, declared on July 19 at a rally that in Nicaragua “there will be no more elections so that they (the opposition) can try to seize the government, seize power through them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His words were nuanced days later by the president of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, fellow Sandinista Gustavo Porras, who said that there will indeed be elections but after a constitutional reform that allows for the exclusion of “traitors to the homeland,” in reference to the opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ortega’s statements generated rejection from neighboring countries, such as Costa Rica, Panama, and Guatemala, as well as from United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ortega, an 80-year-old former Sandinista guerrilla, has ruled Nicaragua since 2007 amidst accusations of electoral fraud, political persecution, and the elimination of rivals to avoid electoral competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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