in the last few months, the biden administration has made it harderfor nicaraguans but interestingly, you re now sitting in the united states and you will be well aware that in the last few months, the biden administration has made it harderfor nicaraguans who are seeking asylum to enter the united states. unless you do it online before you make an attempt to get on us soil, you will be immediately expelled when you get onto us territory. nicaraguans now find that a very difficult situation. would you be pressing the us government to backtrack, to end that system? i will continue to work together with my other colleagues of the nicaraguan opposition, not only to pursue changes inside nicaragua, but to find the best humanitarian ways to, with other friendly governments around the region to solve this humanitarian crisis. and yes, we have had conversations at the top level with the us government. in fact, we just landed a few weeks ago, and five or eight hours later we were having conver
the gold mining sector is one of the few relative success stories which actually employs thousands of nicaraguans. so, of course, those sorts of sanctions ultimately will hit your fellow citizens. i think that there are types of sanctions, and i personally disagree with your understanding of the gold industry, something that i ve studied and researched. and i can tell you that that money goes into, most of that money goes into 0rtega s inner circle. but that will be a technical discussion on gold, which i don t want to go into that. but indeed, there are many ways, which is very hard to explain in this public platform to tackle 0rtega s wallet, to tackle his inner circle. and that s those are the things that we re working on. i hate to say it because it s painful for you, but you re stateless right now. i mean, the nicaraguan parliament is going to rubber stamp 0rtega s demand that you be stripped of your citizenship and your passport. so ijust wonder how you go forward from here. you
if they cannot pursue an education for their children, and they re doing it because they don t have any other options. however, i don t think that the world can solve our own problems. we nicaraguans have to focus on trying to build a new country, and there are some people that take great personal challenges. i m only one of many, many examples. many other nicaraguans has gone through terrible things to face 0rtega. but those who do not have a chance, they only have exile as a chance. and that s why we need to care, because we can only solve this humanitarian crisis, not only a political one, but a humanitarian crisis by involving the international community in finding a solution. right. but interestingly, you re now sitting in the united states and you will be well aware that in the last few months, the biden administration has made it harderfor nicaraguans who are seeking asylum to enter the united states.
costa rica or through guatemala and mexico, to try to reach the united states. are you proposing that in that context, you want to see tougher economic sanctions put on ortega and his regime? economic sanctions, targeted sanctions against the 0rtega inner circle because people in nicaragua is poor precisely because there s a corrupt regime. i understand. and i ve also been very careful in not speaking about economic actions or sanctions that will hurt the poor. i think that that s very important to emphasize. but they do have the poor, mr maradiaga. look, we have to look at the reality. i mean, the united states last year, in response to what they saw as egregious abuses by the 0rtega regime, put new sanctions on the gold mining industry in nicaragua. but if you look at the nicaraguan economy, the gold mining sector is one of the few relative success stories which actually employs thousands of nicaraguans. so, of course, those sorts of sanctions ultimately will hit your fellow citizens
well, i need time to heal. and that s what i meant when i said that. an audit of the heart. i need time for my family. i don t have and i don t claim to have the strategic answers for what s what s to come. but one thing i know i will remain committed to a new nicaragua and to a way in which all nicaraguans can have a humane and decent future. now, regarding my nationality, i think that the 0rtega regime doesn t have any authority, even though they reform the constitution and they stripped us from our nationality. but that is an illegitimate government. so that action, in terms of my understanding of it, doesn t have any implications. i am a nicaraguan and i will remain a nicaraguan today. and always. if you feel that strongly, then i guess you re very actively reflecting on how best to politically mobilize and organize to challenge 0rtega s grip on power. i see that in 2021, the opposition talked about finding a unity,