Members of the transition team of the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, contacted the opposition leader this Thursday Felix Maradiagaexiled in Miami since February 2023, informing him of his intention to unite the exiled communities of Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela. This is what Madariaga himself explained, in statements to Reuters.
Head of the Nicaraguan Freedom Foundation and former candidate for the presidency of Nicaragua – he was arrested before the elections – explained that he had received a “courtesy call” from Trump’s representatives who sought to “open channels of communication with the Administration incoming”. Maradiaga indicated that he had also recently met with Trump campaign officials in Chicago.
Reuters attempted to get a comment from Trump’s transition team on this information, but it did not respond to a request for comment.
After the victory of trump In Tuesday’s U.S. election, Maradiaga said members of the future president’s team had contacted him, eager to “strengthen cohesion” among members of the Nicaraguan opposition and with exile communities in Cuba and Venezuela. Maradiaga said he would soon meet with those handling Latin American foreign and security policy for the Trump administration.
“They told us that they are interested in the opponents of Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela uniting our points of view against three similar dictatorships, so that the actions that come from the United States have a joint impact in the search for democracy,” said Maradiaga. .
Maradiaga was one of the 222 political prisoners released and deported to the United States in February 2023, who were also stripped of their Nicaraguan nationality by the Daniel Ortega regime.
The opposition coalition Platform for Unity and Democracy, to which Maradiaga belongs, urged Trump to maintain support for Nicaraguan migrants fleeing political repression.
During his previous term, Trump imposed strong sanctions and measures on Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, some of which were lifted or softened by the Government of Joe Biden.
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