Posted on 04/09/2020 5:47:20 PM PDT by marshmallow
Health officials in Nicaragua have stopped a church program to prevent COVID-19 in the Central American country, where the government has downplayed the pandemic’s potential impact and encouraged the population to go about their business as usual.
Bishop Rolando Alvarez Lagos of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, tweeted April 5 that the health ministry told him he “could not carry out the medical prevention centers project and not even the call center,” which would have provided medical advice.
“I want to say for the record, before the people, that we as a diocese wanted to work for the health of our communities, and they have not allowed us to do so.”
In an earlier tweet, Alvarez said the project included six medical centers and a call center “to inform, orient and attend to the population in the face of COVID-19, to the best of our ability.”
Central American countries have closed borders and imposed quarantines in response to the pandemic.
But Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, first lady Rosario Murillo, have downplayed the disease’s dangers, convening a march promoting “Love in the times of COVID-19,” according to local media. They have not encouraged prevention measures such as social distancing.
“It’s total disinformation,” said Msgr. Carlos Aviles, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Managua. “They’ve made calls for summer fairs and for people to go the beach. We’re living in a wonderland.”
“The church has taken the initiative for prevention,” Aviles said. “People are lacking official information, and private initiatives are blocked.”
The country has recorded six COVID-19 cases and one death, according to Murillo, who claims health officials are spreading information door-to-door.
Catholic churches have celebrated Mass behind closed doors and canceled processions for Holy Week. The church’s attempts at promoting prevention have put priests in a position of again appearing to.......
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, first lady Rosario Murillo, have downplayed the disease’s dangers, convening a march promoting “Love in the times of COVID-19,” according to local media. They have not encouraged prevention measures such as social distancing.
Ortega is still $crewing the Nicaraguans.
Ortega may well be dead. He has not been seen for a long time. Some surmise that he died from CV19 - but no one knows.
My daughter-in-law is Nicaraguan (and US citizen who came here legally).
ortega has not been seen publicly for 28 days nicaragua did nothing to stop corona and has been reporting few cases, but tens of deaths due to unusual pneumonia...a few more weeks and nicaragua may look like NYC
“Ortega has not been seen publicly for 28 days Nicaragua did nothing to stop corona and has been reporting few cases, but tens of deaths due to unusual pneumonia...a few more weeks and Nicaragua may look like NYC.”
It would be a blessing if this disease removed him from our planet!
He is not the dictator of Nicaragua. His wife, who is a witch, is. He is - or was - her puppet.
She is co-president with him and her rule will not end with his death.
We need to pray for the Nica’s......safest country in all of Central America - and the poorest........they are sweet people......
Thanks for the reality feedback.
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ortega gets 110 gal alcohol in gel, thousands of gloves etc and does nothing for the people still promoting crowds..
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ortega gets 110 gal alcohol in gel, thousands of gloves etc and does nothing for the people still promoting crowds..
I speaK Spanish - this was ordered by the Ortega regime, allegedly for Ortega and his wife & their family.....but no indication that Ortega did it himself or that he is alive.
His wife will probably hide his death as long as she can. She has, after all, always run things behind the scenes.........
“Ortega may well be dead. He has not been seen for a long time. Some surmise that he died from CV19 - but no one knows.”
John Kerry must be devastated.
Thanks for your insight.
If this vile bastard is dead, John Kerry/the Clintons will be devastated.
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