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twisted countries opposition groups after this journalist or anyone will post. this is government ahead of election, knowing that he will lose if he opened free and fair election. or there has arrested 6 potential presidential candidates, including opposition leader. he has caused all a democratic stories by limited the competition by arresting anyone who opposes his government or any one who do it in his can candidacy. that is a nasas analysis. what is your this is a big question. i am going to be asking, is there room for opposition voice nicaragua? today? jumping to the comment section, be part of our discussion right here on the stream. let me say hi to the guy can to do feel penalty. you did see on a has a miguel the know if they get to see you to see on a, introduce yourself to the stream audience. hi iran for enemy, i'm on central america analyst as international. we'd be covering this for this for 3 years now and came out with the early warning report just before the actual quote

dash. so we, we have been in the country and we look forward to your call so time it has a miguel. welcome to the stream. introduce yourself trying to national audience. hi, my name is jose me and i'm the executive director of the america division. i see my rice watch, unfortunately, mika waste one of our top priorities in that region. and like the international crisis group, we just publish the report about human rights conditions in the get our web, where we are watching re, really, really serious setbacks. we're going to him off and not in just a moment. no, no. welcome to the stream. introduce just half time international audience. thank you. thank you for inviting me. not to anita. i'm a social juice and the commentary. so maker have several publications about political culture, democracy and media. and i was in my letters a work as

a filmmaker are several, the commentaries about people in exile. so again, i'm going to start with a series of videos. in these videos, you will see a presidential candidate, an opposition leader, another presidential candidate, and a former sandinista minister. what they did was make videos and they released the videos. if i get in trouble, this is a video you will see, they were concerned, the fact that i'm able to show you the video shows that already in trouble have a list that have a look. man. no sir, monica correct. you and brothers, and if you are watching this video, it is because i have been detained by takers regime. now, i'm your list. if you're seeing this video, it means my house is being rated and i've been here be and seeing the video it means being captured when, when you go, if you are seeing this, it means i've been detained by the police. no, you start 1st of all,

when you see this going on in your how country when you 1st started seeing these videos coming out, what did you think? well, i wasn't surprised at all. actually. i know most of this candidate the situation of me got, i always know something that happens in the last month or it's not something to happen in the last 3 years. is actually i consider like what is happening right now, like the final step of the plan has been consolidated for the last very years. these are, they are low power in the $990.00 election that he's convinced that he wants to create a new political system. that is not democracy and he's not based in election, but he's basing one part. but the lead for one family in which the country only hass grew for one way of thinking. so when we saw these maybe why lesser pricey was the speed of how these happen because that now we have 6 pre candidates increase

and by we knew that this was going to happen. it's just a new step of these, you know, building obvious new political system. and then miguel, this is bold. it's not even subtle. it is actually bolt is something that we haven't seen in the game decades. this idea that the head of a state, in this case, the data could capture, could you know, the pain? we know the process with fake chargers, the, the, all of the leaders of the opposition peaceful, democratic opposition. any of them could potentially defeat ortega fair and transparent election. but the fact that he, he was able to, to make this move. i think it's very,

we billing of the state of mind. ortega, his wife was the vice president. yeah. and, and anything important that the, the national community react also him is similar both way because otherwise or take a setting is very, very negative precedent for the entire weekend. i will through a double take when i have ortega and his wife, the vice president is quite shocking. i know there are political families, but that's a very cause political family to be on a, for us as an international community. can you break down who is being scoot top and why? well, i mean, it would be basically rounding up on the all the sectors where former allies of, in even full were brothers actually or overly allies and dialogue and contains private but

also directly to additionally there's politically there, sorry. and there's that a role in between t team driving where hundreds of thousands of new ones, lot industry and demanded for a change where basically with extreme use, the police and our police force the president or take a just a few weeks ago he actually spoke about why these arrests, these detainees were being detained. i want to see if you can pack it for me because i am a little bit confused by the reasoning behind this. so let play the video and then you can help me understand. what does he say? he says, learn those. we are not judging politicians here. we are not judging candidates. we are judging criminals. you've attempted against the countries against the national

security, against the lives of its citizens by trying again to organize another april 18 is another q data provided and was investigated denounced, prosecute those who have committed crimes against the homelands. those who have loaned at money the same as when a drug trafficker is tried is the same, the same, not a step back. there will be no step back. only forward. no, i have lenore leaning in his name again was shaking his head. no, you start 1st of all, what does that mean? can you understand what the president is saying that yes, i mean, you have to understand that a big a has to justify what he does. so he can not justify these in democracy. so what he's doing, he's justifying a reality that he's great. what is this reality mika? our 2nd 3 divided between france, this and the nice that people and enemy,

everybody else. so because he cannot legit them i by in south in pre election what he's doing is building the site be that we are kind of in our war, you know, be proven to an enemy parties. and what he does with this is the human eye. anybody else that he's not pyro piece a political party. so right now he's not, he's not talking about, for example, what happened in 2018 as every 1000000000 of the people against the victor sheet, which was what's happening. i mean, we're talking about profit and that included almost 10 percent of the population. you know, it was really, really wide representation of the country. but it's still saying about what he's saying is that he, that was the intent of the top. and at the same time, he said, because of the, everybody that was involved in that rebellion always involve increase, exciting. the government is not a thing. any thing happily think are right, they are traitors. go ahead as they miguel

me. i think it's important for the audience to understand that. ortega control congress, the judiciary chief prosecutor office, the supreme electoral counsel, the police and the army, and time. so few concentration of our last year by december he passed legislation to to apply to his. ringback to the leaders of the opposition and this legislation is like old fashion, solve the legislation or penal chairs legislation which allows the government to go after anyone could criticize artega as the enemy of a state, as the enemy of the fatherland. and to embodies. but primarily the charges against the leaders of the opposition just because they have criticized the government.

they have, for instance, celebrate from the european union or washing done or cannot our, or the only ass to condemned what is going on me, could i what that means, then it target of legal repression. and most of them are equal when he colored the pension, we know the process know acts those accept to a lawyer on a fabricated charges to. yeah, i think what i think that i think it's important that the bank will say, is that these politically strategies that are they guys building up high legal frames, you know, have constant ways. and there are 4 laws that or they got proving the last 2 years that are really important. one is the law to protect. so bear anything which is pretty much trying to justify, to profess anyone that has, if considered our trade or other law is they fever, crime law, which is a load that is created to control any person by click the side or in the social

networks that is against me. right? yeah, yeah. the other law reform to the cream and now i'll call in which now for example, if you are called by a judge to be like in prison, you don't have to be there in the past. you need to be there port for 48 hours and then to present it to a judge. now you can be in prison for 90 base and not to be presented to a job in the or. yeah, so it means by right now, this is what we're billing our or our political leaders are in prison and they're not present it to a judge. and we speculate that they are alive, increased them by. we don't have any, everybody got the, our ally present. you know, to see on i'm just looking at here correctly, the tang journalists, miguel mendoza for large trees. and so when you start controlling the media,

then you are controlling the narrative. you were in nicaragua a few months ago. what was the atmosphere like? can you describe it? although on the surface it appears to be comb correction. it's quiet there, low protest. i haven't been one of us 2 years at least. you know, people, industries do their own things. the moles are filled with people. there are always go. companies, patrone wrong, the ballast and to, well, any side of minimum risk. but apart from that, you don't see, you know, in the stage of the absolutely the integration. but as soon as you scratch it and you speak with people from the nice that will proclaim themselves because are either 1st horse or jenny believes in some of the new stuff

lucian, on social media. they all because they are public employees. so they think they also are very good and you can really proceed on one hand, the fear, the terror being pause with these would be slow to say, release sold. and on the other hand, the illusion that the section of what came out of the 20, which translated into very minimum games, 2 rounds of folks between the position and the government and most basic, the creation of the movement. why that's basically what social demand for change into intellectual and

inviting, prevented your position groups to create bennett and create no way to get with what we've been focusing on this this moment right now where that doesn't seem to be roof opposition, voices, which is a big question we were asking for the show have been improvements in terms of agriculture, an infrastructure. nicaragua is not all. i have to be careful about how i say this is really for nora to say really about what you see in terms of progress in your home country. rather than me as an outsider saying this because i think this is also important which may be explain why ortega is still able to whole power. other than running the military, of course, and the judiciary of those institutions. but also he has affected some change. tell me about that because i think that's important. we have to have

a discussion. go ahead. yeah, i mean, i seen that actually before this program, i already, we checked what was the results of the fight against any kind i was in, according to the bed restored to the biggest, more respectful, started by the strong in the country around that we have pretty much the same levels that we had 2 years ago. so it has been come up with so much like the golden may like to say, i think the we have had important changes in terms looking infrastructure like you know, and you must be fine, you highways, new roles that were important in our society. i think for be something important that a lot of people rely is that he restored the center of my now what that was really and forgotten. but the thing about or theory got is the 1st of all, he haven't done anything really to change the condition that create pover seeing

the got out. so what he has on the road and that have tried to reduce extreme poverty, but we don't really mean him on for sold because what happened are they got who do more improving by the direction, by the country. so on a stable and political leave and also be so little trust in the country right now. i mean one of the person, but he put in prison right now. he's the manager of one of the biggest banks, that there are no new investments. so there was a leader protest at the beginning of the government because of the lack because a lot of people lost their job because of the political, continuous political crisis. pretty much we are kind of the same. ok, we were at the beginning of the government when at one point that they're not raising, which i think. so it's a valid one. i mean, i agree, is that the them, i mean economic model of the bi limits of mika has been mostly based

on support venezuela. and what has been historically very close to its way lab been as well as being providing very significant support to me. cuz our until day until recently, when the venezuelan economy collapse and, and that is in our tele, explain the mobilization and demonstration social unrest that happened to me. it was in april and may of 2018. but this to poor that that has been able to build is basically basically try and tell support individuals who are close to the the ruling body and get some benefits. but they have reputation, ortega and family. you start with the patient of dr. see, this is the family who has i may, i mean, accumulated tremendous wealth you know, in

a country that is incredibly poor and, and, and you still just take, i, why if it's also the rest of the family members, i mean, you know, when, when i, when i look at the present, i'll take a, i think of the dual or well novel animal thumb where the animals the upright. so they overthrow the humans. and then the animals then become the oppressors. and it's like that fly cool is happening right now. yeah. let me bring in an international voice. this is the un high commissioner for human rights, michelle boshoway, and then i'm going to put a couple of questions to you for my youtube audience. let's start with michelle. ashley talking about the situation. nickaligha 7. look, this is for more than 3 years, this council has been analyzing in depth the human rights, social and political crisis affecting nicaragua. regrettably, i must report that almost none of the recommendations made by my office to the

state of nicaragua have been implemented. this crisis not only shows no signs of being overcome, but it has worse and alarming letterman. i have so many questions when you guess i'm going to get you to of these very, very quickly and rather gonzalez castillo, thank you for watching. i'm nicole echoing, my question is, what difference would external pressure have or take a will whole power no matter what? and the structure of corrupt power behind it will also supportive fiano. you take out what go ahead to point to very important to take into account. first of all, of course, external pressure is among the factors, the new account, but he's most afraid of it. that's why he's dropping down so heavily on that doesn't mean that the international should not or she, she just the crisis margins of the patient. we actually advocate to bring the

country where it wasn't because of the human rights watch. the inter american permission of human rights, whether the only looking at the country in the last couple years because the striking come to seem to be turned back into sort of. so let me see if i can squeeze. one more question really came to talk to you need to apologize. it is great to listen to this christ of as a this one i'm going to put to you has a miguel, the santa nice this control, 2 thirds of the electorate. good luck over throwing a democratically elected government. that is the make. what is your take very quickly. a leg. i mean that come on. ortega is a dictator. he controls everything. and there is no democratic institution in the country that he's able or capable to prevent abuse,

to investigate abuse or so to how the or tag i'll, he's, you know, regime accountable for anything. so, you know, in this particular case, where people are exposed to gross relations of human rights mean, the national responders not only allow but also demand the attention from the, from the international community. i think that the organization stays, for instance, have enough grounds to suspend. we get our work from membership in the organization where like i said, because he's not a democracy. let me put the video comment to you know, because it's really interesting. it brings us for circle back to the november elections. this is kai failure and he's not hope for about what these elections might look like. come off the back of his video immediately with a brief response, learning unforeseen events. nicaragua,

government is extremely unlikely to change court and hold free and fair elections this year. the government has stood international pressure and sanctions. in the past, the main opposition presidential contender are all jailed free speech and freedom of the press have been thoroughly suppressed despite the efforts of independence or less continuing. and the government has re energized members of its base. so there are very few incentives to share and hold genuinely free and fair elections. oh, i'm asking you to call yes. go ahead. yes, i mean, i agree there see to wait and say, well, we are in an almost impossible situation, but we are not company, we are a country and we have to continue finding solutions. so for me right now, one of the points that i want to raise that i think we don't talk and all is that

we have to. it's her life day controlled that what a big house over done over they are meeting over day police. and i seen one of the things that they international diplomacy has to do is to really caught the money and the power that is getting to the army into the police. because right now the majority of the population is against ortega. if we have pre election, we are going to win. ortega the president right now, is that even if we have really strong voices, these guys have a gun and even when you have really strong voice as guns can killed this boy right now. power and or thank you. has a miguel. thank you to see on a thank you. we could keep going, but i know i have to wrap up, but i won't people to know where they can come for great installations. i have a look here on my laptop. you should be following right now. the new or has a miguel and till sienna,

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