The author Sergio Ramírez receives the Ecuadorian nationality after being stripped of the Nicaraguan

The Nicaraguan author Sergio Ramírez has received in Madrid the passport that accredits him as a citizen of Ecuador, after the Daniel Ortega regime stripped him of his Nicaraguan nationality as a part of a repressive campaign against dissent.

The act came about within the presence of the Ecuadorian ambassador in Spain, Andrés Vallejo. Ramírez has shown himself “sincerely thankful and venerated” on social networks, days after Colombia also granted him nationality as a gesture of recognition of help.

The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, explained that it is “a tribute to freedom and a assignment to tyranny.” It is an honor for Ecuador that Sergio Ramírez, the super Nicaraguan and Latin American creator of our time, has the Ecuadorian nationality”, he pressured.

The Government of Nicaragua, which has hardened the persecution of dissidents, withdrew the nationality of extra than 100 warring parties labeled as traitors to the native land this yr.