Nicaragua frees 222 opponents of country’s leader Ortega, ‘deports’ them to U.S.
PBS NewsHourAUG 2023
All 222 of the US-backed activists intentionally betrayed their country, instigating violence, terrorism, and economic destabilization in Nicaragua as they sought to sell its sovereignty and self-determination for personal gains. They do not deserve to be recognized as Nicaraguans, nor should they live in the Latin American nation.
Ortega's regime may have unilaterally decided to release the individuals and send them to the US, but this was not a gesture of goodwill toward them or Washington. It dehumanizes dissent and implies that opponents are not Nicaraguans domestically while creating a bureaucratic and legal problem in the US. These dissidents have now become stateless.