In Nicaragua, the government on Monday banned another 1,500 nongovernmental organizations, accusing them of violating the law, according to an Interior Ministry decree published in the Latin American country's official gazette on Monday.
This action is part of the official action against organizations “hostile” to President Daniel Ortega – most of them religious – which also includes the seizure of the assets of the organizations concerned.
“They did not fulfill their obligations.”
– The Telegraph Office transmits the official justification of the Ministry of the Interior, according to which:
The organizations did not adhere to their financial obligations, such as publishing information about donations received.
Nicaraguan civil society organizations and the Catholic Church have been complaining for years about persecution by the government of Daniel Ortega. According to Ortega, the mass anti-government protests of 2018 were funded by the United States to carry out a coup in the country. In addition, he maintains that the Catholic Church supports these movements.
Since then, the authorities have banned more than 5,000 NGOs, private universities, concerts and media outlets. In addition, opposition leaders and Catholic priests have been arrested and expelled from the country.
