Nicaraguan President: Let's settle a historical record with the United States! Total Ortega | Nicaragua | United States

On June 27th local time, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Moncada submitted a letter signed by Nicaraguan Prime Minister Ortega to United Nations Secretary General Guterres. In the letter, Nicaragua demands that the United States repay over $12 billion in "historical debt" to compensate for the losses caused by the United States providing funding for the Nicaraguan Civil War in the 1980s.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega: We need to take the United States to court and repay the harm they have caused in Nicaragua.

Ortega admitted that he knew the road was very difficult, but taking legal measures was an effective way for them to maintain their own interests and oppose American hegemony.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega: When we said we were going to sue the United States in court, even our sister countries told us that this case was destined to be lost. But without a doubt, the court is the place where Nicaragua struggles for independence and sovereignty. In the face of the abuse of power and the use of force by the United States, we must use the power of the law to protect ourselves.

According to reports, Ortega requested Guterres to distribute this letter expressing Nicaragua's position as an official document to all United Nations member states.

37 years ago, in 1986, the International Court of Justice ruled that the United States should compensate Nicaragua for "all losses caused by military activities.". However, this compensation was not settled under pressure from the United States.

The United States has committed numerous crimes in Nicaragua

The more than $12 billion in "historical debt" that Nicaragua demands from the United States to repay is closely related to the numerous crimes committed by the United States in Nicaragua that year.

In July 1979, the dictatorship of Somocha in Nicaragua, supported by the United States, was overthrown, and an opposition coalition led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front took over the Nicaraguan government. But thereafter, the United States supported several anti-government armed forces to provoke civil war, causing Nicaragua to once again fall into turmoil.

From 1980 to 1981, the then US President's Foreign Policy Advisor, Cabo, stated that his goal was to bring down the Sangha Front. From the beginning.

This is the army used to achieve this goal, a military organized and armed by the United States. Since the Vietnam War, the American public has been unable to accept direct intervention from the US military, causing young Americans to die. Therefore, this army is composed of young Ecuadorians.

The proxy war supported by the United States has caused suffering to the Nicaraguan people.

Local farmer in Nicaragua: An anti-government armed man looked into the window, hiding women inside. He may have thought there were guards inside, so he threw a grenade into the window, killing a total of five people, including two children and a teacher. The dead child is my son, and the teacher is my sister.

Public Broadcasting Corporation documentary commentary: No Americans are fighting here, no Americans are dying here, but this is truly an American war.

Not only did the CIA organize and fund proxy wars, but it also directly recruited employees from Latin American countries and sent them to carry out a large number of destructive activities in Nicaragua, the most important of which was the destruction of key energy facilities and some important ports in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan economy has also suffered a heavy blow as a result.

Former CIA employees: We destroyed ports, refineries, shipyards, and bridges. We never wore our own uniforms, we wore uniforms of anti-government forces. This way, foreign media would think that these were all done by anti-government forces, and Americans would be able to leave without a trace.

The United States refuses to enforce the compensation judgment, and Nicaragua has no hope of appealing for many years

Attacking economic targets such as refineries and laying mines in ports, which are led by the United States, are already considered acts of aggression under international law. In April 1984, Nicaragua filed a request to the International Court of Justice, accusing the United States government of instructing American soldiers and nationals of Latin American countries to lay mines in Nicaraguan ports, destroy Nicaraguan oil facilities and naval bases, infringe on Nicaraguan airspace sovereignty, and organize and fund military and paramilitary actions such as anti-government groups in Nicaragua.

During the trial of the case, the United States refused to participate in the proceedings, claiming that the International Court of Justice did not have jurisdiction to hear the case. In January 1985, the United States government announced that it would not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, claiming that the Court was "biased towards Nicaragua.". On June 27, 1986, the International Court of Justice made a ruling in favor of Nicaragua in the absence of the United States, demanding that the United States cease its infringement of Nicaraguan sovereignty and provide compensation to Nicaragua. The two parties should negotiate the amount and type of compensation.

Nicaraguan President Ortega stated that as of March 1988, the estimated value of Nicaraguan losses was $12 billion, and this figure does not include losses after March 1988. For example, until today, Nicaragua's social security system continues to pay pensions to war victims and their families. Ortega criticized the United States for not bearing the "social costs of the aforementioned illegal acts" and for not paying the compensation owed to Nicaragua.

Although the judgment has been made, the International Court of Justice does not have the means to compel the United States to enforce its judgment. Nicaragua has sent multiple letters to the United Nations Security Council accusing the United States and appealing to the General Assembly, but the results have been unsatisfactory. In October 1986, the United States rejected a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for full and immediate compliance with the judgment of the International Court of Justice. In November 1987, the United Nations General Assembly once again called for "full and immediate compliance" with the judgment of the International Court of Justice, and the United States once again voted against it.

Regarding Nicaragua's recent lawsuit against the United States for compensation, some netizens have stated that the United States is the largest criminal empire in history.

Some netizens also quoted Iranian media reports as pointing out that there is no country in Latin America and the Caribbean that has not been subjected to indescribable terrorist acts by American imperialism.