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Journalist Granted Political Asylum in US
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Journalist Granted Political Asylum in US
The United States has granted asylum to
journalist and writer Georgina Lupiac, the
first action of its type since the return to
power of President Daniel Ortega, La Prensa
reports.
The president of the Nicaraguan American
Fraternity, immigration attorney Alfonso
Oviedo, said the ruling was a victory
because Lupiac’s had demonstrated that she
was a victim of persecution, and her
personal safety had been in danger.
Lupiac told La Prensa’s Miami correspondent,
Judith Flores, that the Ortega government’s
supporters “are totalitarian and don’t
accept when their errors are pointed out.”
In November 2008, Lupiac as well as Flores
and members of the Nicaraguan Civic Task
Force were threatened outside the Nicaraguan
Consulate in Miami by a group of pro-Ortega
supporters, who according to the Miami
newspaper La Estrella de Nicaragua (The Star
of Nicaragua), consisted of consulate
employees.
One of the protesters said on a megaphone,
“Georgina Lupiac, remember that your
children are in Nicaragua under the control
of the Sandinista Front,” La Estrella said.
According to La Estrella, Lupiac was
persecuted and threatened with death in
Nicaragua by Ortega supporters, and her home
was burned, leading her to seek political
refuge in Miami.
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