A resolution showing the European Parliament’s solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and calling on Daniel Ortega’s government to put an end to the persecution of dissidents and human rights defenders was adopted by MEPs (560 in favour, 12 against, 43 abstentions) on Thursday 19 December in Strasbourg.
This text, presented by the EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and the ECR group, demands in particular the dismantling of the paramilitary forces operating in the country, the...