Nicaragua takes complaint to UN over US refusal to pay compensation for backing death squad
Wednesday, 28 June 2023 6:17 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 28 June 2023 6:53 PM ]
Despite hauling or accusing targeted leaders to the ICC (i.e., Milosevic, Putin, ec.), the US is not a signatory and regards itself as exempt from its rulings. (A Handout picture by the Nicaraguan presidency showing Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (2-L) and his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo (L), taking part in the commemoration the 37th anniversary of the anti-US ICJ ruling in Managua, on June 27, 2023. (Photo: Gobierno de Nicaragua)
Nicaragua has lodged a complaint with the UN against the US for its refusal to comply with a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to compensate Managua for its support of a notorious death squad in the 1980s.
The announcement was made by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega at a ceremony in Managua commemorating the 37th anniversary of the ruling by the International Court of Justice, which condemned the US for carrying out military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua.
"We will go to court to accuse the United States so that they repair the damage they have done to Nicaragua as much as possible," said Ortega.
He said the decision was made despite friendly nations advising him that taking the matter to the UN will be an exercise in futility.
"When we talked about going to court to sue the United States, even brotherly nations, friendly nations, told us: that is a lost case, you will not even be able to make any progress there in court."
"The Court has undoubtedly been a point of reference in the battle for independence, for the sovereignty of Nicaragua, in the face of the recourse of the powers, of the use of force, we have defended ourselves with the force of law."
The Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry has written a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres, calling on the body to make the US pay its long-overdue debt to Nicaragua.
The United States has long been accused of interfering in the internal affairs of Nicaragua, as well as many other Latin America nations. [This is actually an irrefutable fact.—Ed]
President Ortega came to power in 1979 with the victory of the Sandinista Revolution that toppled US-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza.
Then-US President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat of an expansion of Cuban and Soviet influence in the region, signed off on US financing for a right-wing militia, called the Contras, to launch cross-border attacks against the Sandinistas.
The ICJ in 1986 held that the US had violated international law by supporting the Contras and by mining Nicaragua's harbors.
The United States refused to participate in the proceedings, and following the judgment withdrew from the ICJ.
The US also blocked enforcement of the judgment by the UN Security Council and thereby prevented Nicaragua from receiving any compensation.
Ortega, who helped depose the Somoza dictatorship in the late 1970s, has been in power for 16 consecutive years. He served as president in the 1980s before losing power in 1990. He, however, staged a stunning comeback in 2007.
ADDENDUM
BY JUAN FIGUEROA (NOT PRESS TV)
The US hegemon never forgets or forgives—unless it is expedient to its ultimate goal of global domination. Because of this, after declaring war on Nicaragua back in the 1970s for its sovereign wish to choose its own type of government and economic system (not US-style capitalism), Washington and its henchmen have tried for decades to topple the Sandinistas by all methods available in the arsenal of imperialism, from economic sabotage and strangulation ("sanctions"), a type of modern siege,, as they have done with Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, etc., to outright armed interventions. (See Iran-Contra campaign). A more recent method is the hyper-hypocritical approach developed by political scientist Gene Sharp, the so-called "color revolutions". These rely on hybrid war using a complex variety of tools, from penetration through the "weaponisation" of US pop culture memes and social media, to campaigns of deception by prostituted media, to phony political parties and bought politicos, to outright coups and massive social disruptions organised by Western NGOs, which many countries in the "Global South" have now in the hundreds, like vermin crawling all over their bodies. In addition, in most nations around the world, US embassies are centers for subversion coordination. This applies to friend and foe, since the hegemon really has no allies, only vassals and enemies. Examples of "color revolutions" can be found everywhere around the globe. The "Maidan revolution in Ukraine (2014) is one of the most dangerous and notorious. In Nicaragua, the Mother Theresa nuns—an NGO— were recently expelled for meddling in anti-government politics, something that the phony Mother Theresa did for decades to much praise by the global elites. Not for nothing was "Mother Theresa" honored by Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, the Clintons, and the Polish Pope—all rabid anticommunists and unyielding enemies of the poor. Note below how the filthy US media presents the well-deserved expulsion of these nuns as a sign of "Nicaraguan authoritarianism".
Nuns Expelled From Nicaragua For Speaking Out Against Government
Fears are growing as Nicaragua's controversial leader Daniel Ortega continues to tighten his grip on silencing those who speak out against his government. NBC News’ George Solis reports on how this week included expelling a group of 18 nuns.
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