Brian Mier: 'It's inconsistent to demand punishment for Bolsonaro supporters for the 8/1 attacks while being complicit with the Nicaraguan coup plotters'
"What the Nicaraguan government did was arrest the coup plotters from the 2018 protests. These coup plotters killed hundreds of people," the journalist stated.
247 - Journalist Brian Mier described as inconsistent the position adopted by part of the Brazilian left in condemning the imprisonment and expulsion of opponents by Daniel Ortega's government in Nicaragua.
During the Globalists program, which he presents on TV 247 along with journalist Nathália Urban, Brian said that the people who were expelled from the country participated in the attempted coup d'état in 2018. "What the Nicaraguan government did was arrest the coup plotters from the 2018 events. These coup plotters killed hundreds of people," the journalist stated.
"As they are being arrested and some are being expelled from the country, the United States and its allies are calling this a crime against human rights. What I question is: how can you support the arrest of the coup plotters of January 8th in Brazil and then call the arrest of coup plotters in Nicaragua a violation of human rights?" added Brian Mier.
In February of this year, Daniel Ortega's government released 222 opposition members from prison, forcibly sent them to the United States, and revoked their citizenship.
A week later, a Nicaraguan court also revoked the citizenship of 94 exiled opposition members, deeming them "traitors to the nation." Among those sanctioned are: Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli; Catholic bishop Silvio Báez; former guerrilla commander Luis Carrión; former guerrilla commander Mónica Baltodano; and human rights activist Vilma Núñez.
Last Thursday (16), the Nicaraguan government replaced the ambassadors of Brazil and four other countries. The change at the Brazilian Embassy also comes after the Brazilian government declared during a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN), in Switzerland, that it is willing to receive Nicaraguan opposition members who had their nationality revoked.
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