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Why did the writer Gioconda Belli tear up her Nicaraguan passport?

3/1/2023, 10:22:53 PM


The novelist and poet Gioconda Belli talks with Carmen Aristegui about the motivation for tearing up her Nicaraguan passport during an interview on | Latin America | CNN

Novelist and poet Gioconda Belli talks to Carmen Aristegui about the motivation for tearing up her Nicaraguan passport during a live interview.

Belli, whose nationality was withdrawn by the Daniel Ortega regime, explains that her gesture was a symbol against that measure because no one can withdraw her nationality.