The Nicaraguan ambassador to the OAS said that Daniel Ortega's government is a “dictatorship”

In a surprising speech to the Permanent Council, Arturo McFields spoke of lack of freedoms, dozens of political prisoners and powers that be. “Continuing to remain silent and defending the indefensible is impossible,” he said

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Foto de archivo. El presidente de Nucaragua, Daniel Ortega, y la vicepresidenta Rosario Murillo, observan la marcha denominada "Caminamos por la paz y la vida. Justicia" en Managua, Nicaragua, 5 de septiembre, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas.

Nicaragua's ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Arturo McFields, called his country's regime headed by Daniel Ortega a “dictatorship” on Wednesday, highlighting lack of freedoms, dozens of political prisoners and “powers that be.”

Denouncing my country's dictatorship is not easy, but continuing to remain silent and defending the indefensible is impossible,” McFields said, in a surprising speech to the OAS Permanent Council.

There are no independent political parties, there are no credible elections, there is no separation of powers but rather powers that be,” he said.

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