President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega annulled on Tuesday an order issued by his younger brother Humberto Ortega. as head of the Sandinista People’s Army to the then US military attache in Managua on January 14, 1992 and accused him of having for 32 years “He gave his soul to the devil.”

Ortega invalidated the award after the retired general reported the matter to Argentine media. Information What The “dictatorial” power of the 78-year-old president has no successors within his family and Sandinism and that after his death there should be elections.

Thirty-two years later, at a public event, in the presence of the top brass of the Nicaraguan army and national police, Ortega said that his brother, who led the Sandinista armed forces from 1979 to 1995, committed the “blasphemy” of awarding the “Camilo Ortega” gold medal for bravery in 1992 then US military attaché.

“What a disgrace!. What a disgrace!. Betrayal of the people! Betrayal of the country! – exclaimed the ruler, who has been in power since 2007, to which he returned after coordinating the Government College from 1979 to 1985 and leading the country for the first time from 1985 to 1990.

The President assured that this order, handed to the “invading Yankees,” at one time caused irritation and rejection on the part of the Sandinistas, among whom he mentioned his wife’s letter: That Vice President Rosario Murillo.

“From then on,” he said, “he gave his soul to the devil.” Ortega issued a presidential decree ordering “the annulment, invalidation and withdrawal of this disgrace, this award from the Yankee soldier.”

The president, who has yet to explain why he was rescinding the order, said that awarding the medal to an American soldier This is an “act of national disgrace”“an action to sell the country”, “an act of surrender and betrayal of the country.”

With this decree, in his words, “today this humiliating stain has been cleansed” and This “grievance” from my brother has been erased, whose cell phones and computers are confiscated after his statements.

What did the general say

On Tuesday last week, Nicaraguan authorities reported that Humberto Ortega’s health status assessedafter he told Argentine media Information that the “dictatorial” power of the president has no successors either in his family or in Sandinista, and that after his death there must be elections.

In an interview with Infobae, published May 19, the retired general believed that his older brother, who has been in power in Nicaragua since 2007, he has no suitable successors, including his wife and childrenand that in the event of possible absence or death there would be a huge vacuum of power.

General’s statement “This is an insult and a personal challenge” for Murillo, who “served for many years as Nicaragua’s other ruler and Daniel Ortega’s successor in power,” the legendary dissident Sandinista guerrilla said. Dora Maria Telles.

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It’s a “deadly” approach for Murillo, the former dissident Sandinista guerrilla said. Monica Baltodano.

Nicaragua is experiencing a political and social crisis from April 2018, This intensified following the disputed general elections on November 7, 2021, in which Ortega was re-elected for a fifth and fourth consecutive term, while his main rivals were in prison and whom he later exiled from the country and deprived him of citizenship and political rights.

(according to information from EFE)