Gioconda Belli and the Situation in Nicaragua: "I Never Thought Daniel Ortega Would Be a Worse Tyrant than somoza."

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"Ortega returned to power in 2007, apparently more moderate. But soon she put her hands to work to dismantle the democracy that we had built with so much effort." Fragment of the essay published by the writer in The New York Times. The full text. Nicaraguan writer exiled in Spain Gioconda Belli said this Tuesday that she never thought that Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, in power since 2007, “would be a worse tyrant” than dictator Anastasi…

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The writer publishes a column in 'The New York Times' alerting what it means for Nicaraguan exile to murder Roberto Samcam

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I knew what exile was, but nothing prepared me to live it again after I turned 70. I was 26 the first time I had to exile. It was 1975, and I left Nicaragua for being part of the resistance to the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the last dictator of a dynasty that had ruled the country for almost half a century. At that time, I was a committed revolutionary, willing to die for my country in the fight against tyranny. The exile in which I am …