Spain: they will give nationality to another 94 Nicaraguans who were expelled from their country

After the Spanish authorities granted nationality to 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners, the Pedro Sánchez government extended the proposal to another 94 Nicaraguans who will receive their citizenship after being expelled from their country by the Daniel Ortega regime.

This was reported by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs this Friday when it issued a statement to make said offer to those who were

"The Government of Spain has extended to the last 94 Nicaraguan citizens whose nationality has been withdrawn, the offer of Spanish nationality," they stated in the document.

It indicates that the Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, communicated this decision to the writer and former vice president of Nicaragua, Sergio Ramírez, an important figure in the opposition to President Daniel Ortega.

Ramírez, who appears on the list of 94 Nicaraguans deprived of their nationality, is one of the

and has dual nationality: Spanish and Nicaraguan.

The list of beneficiaries also includes the writer Gioconda Belli, the Catholic bishop Silvio Báez, the former guerrilla commanders Luis Carrión and Mónica Baltodano and the human rights activist Vilma Núñez.

In this sense, the Spanish ministry also remarked that it is determined to grant Spanish nationality "to any citizen of Nicaragua who in the future may be left stateless due to the decisions of the government of Daniel Ortega."

The harsh criticism of the UN for the Nicaraguan authorities 

Regarding the situation that thousands of Nicaraguans are going through, the UN Agency for Refugees in a statement (UNHCR) issued a statement in which it criticized Nicaragua's measures to strip dissidents of their nationality.

"The most recent legislative reforms that allow arbitrarily deprive a person of citizenship contravene the obligations that this country has under international and regional human rights law," he said.

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