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Bloomberg Línea — Nicaragua granted political asylum this Wednesday to former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli, sentenced in his country to ten years and eight months in prison for money laundering. The information has been confirmed through a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua, which notified its counterpart of the request that Martinelli made at the Nicaraguan Embassy in Panama City. Martinelli had started his campaign for the May 5 presidential elections on Saturday, February 3 at a rally with thousands of followers, just one day after his candidacy was put at risk due to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice that confirmed his failure in the scandal. known as “New Business”. “The State of Nicaragua, in accordance with the 1928 Convention on Asylum and the 1933 Convention on Political Asylum, which our Country ratified, has decided to grant the requested Asylum,” said the Foreign Ministry. According to the statement, the former president made the request "because he considers himself persecuted for political reasons and his life, physical integrity and security are at imminent risk.
Asylum for Martinelli in Nicaraguadfd Nicaragua grants asylum to Martinelli (Foreign Relations of Nicaragua) The Nicaraguan government asked the Panamanian government to provide “guarantees for the prompt departure and humanitarian transfer of the asylum seeker Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal to the Territory of the Algeria Mobile Number List Republic of Nicaragua.” The Panamanian Foreign Ministry has not yet officially reacted. However, the media The Star of Panama reported that the Government of Panama will not oppose Martinelli's departure from the country. In one of his last messages on the social network Nicaragua recently appeared as the most corrupt country in Central America and the second on the American continent, along with Venezuela, according to the Corruption Perception Index. In recent years, organizations and civil society have questioned how the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has turned the country into a refuge for foreigners accused of corruption and other crimes, while banishing opponents.
Carolina Giraldo, representative of the Green Party, affirms that it is necessary to reach a consensus on some fundamental aspects, such as that the president fulfill his four-year term without a day more or a day less. She also believes that it is time to elect a new prosecutor, since there has been politicization in the Prosecutor's Office. Petro's followers in Congress will denounce to the IACHR what they consider a risk to democratic principles due to "political persecution against the government." For Petro, the IACHR is a reliable body that he has resorted to in the past. During his term as mayor of Bogotá between 2012 and 2015, he was dismissed and disqualified by the Attorney General's Office, and the case came to the hands of the IACHR and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which in 2020 declared Colombia responsible for violations of political rights. of Petro.Q: What did you learn from that experience? A: That it was about partnerships and making sure there was something for everyone. Obviously, the place had to make money.
Asylum for Martinelli in Nicaraguadfd Nicaragua grants asylum to Martinelli (Foreign Relations of Nicaragua) The Nicaraguan government asked the Panamanian government to provide “guarantees for the prompt departure and humanitarian transfer of the asylum seeker Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal to the Territory of the Algeria Mobile Number List Republic of Nicaragua.” The Panamanian Foreign Ministry has not yet officially reacted. However, the media The Star of Panama reported that the Government of Panama will not oppose Martinelli's departure from the country. In one of his last messages on the social network Nicaragua recently appeared as the most corrupt country in Central America and the second on the American continent, along with Venezuela, according to the Corruption Perception Index. In recent years, organizations and civil society have questioned how the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has turned the country into a refuge for foreigners accused of corruption and other crimes, while banishing opponents.
Carolina Giraldo, representative of the Green Party, affirms that it is necessary to reach a consensus on some fundamental aspects, such as that the president fulfill his four-year term without a day more or a day less. She also believes that it is time to elect a new prosecutor, since there has been politicization in the Prosecutor's Office. Petro's followers in Congress will denounce to the IACHR what they consider a risk to democratic principles due to "political persecution against the government." For Petro, the IACHR is a reliable body that he has resorted to in the past. During his term as mayor of Bogotá between 2012 and 2015, he was dismissed and disqualified by the Attorney General's Office, and the case came to the hands of the IACHR and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which in 2020 declared Colombia responsible for violations of political rights. of Petro.Q: What did you learn from that experience? A: That it was about partnerships and making sure there was something for everyone. Obviously, the place had to make money.