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Nicaragua VP calls exiled opponents 'lackeys,' 'puffed-up turkeys'
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Nicaragua VP calls exiled opponents 'lackeys,' 'puffed-up turkeys'

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Nicaragua's Vice President Rosario Murillo launched a verbal attack on exiled opposition figures, calling them derogatory names.
  • Murillo's insults followed an urgent meeting called by the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss Nicaragua's political situation.
  • She asserted that Nicaragua is a place of peace and divine presence, contrasting it with the perceived turmoil of the opposition abroad.

Nicaragua's Vice President Rosario Murillo unleashed a barrage of insults against exiled opposition figures, labeling them "puffed-up turkeys," "pretentious fools," and "lackeys," among other epithets. Murillo's vitriolic remarks came after the Organization of American States (OAS) called an urgent meeting of foreign ministers to address the situation in Nicaragua, particularly following President Daniel Ortega's threat to cancel upcoming elections.

There they are, the twisted ones, there they are, the lost ones, there they are, the ridiculous ones, pretentious, conceited. I call them puffed-up turkeys, turkeys and puffed-up hawks who are nothing more than lackeys. We know them.

— Rosario MurilloInsulting exiled opposition figures.

Murillo, speaking through official media channels, directed her scorn at those she described as "twisted," "lost," and "ridiculous." She characterized them as "puffed-up turkeys and hawks who are nothing more than lackeys. We know them," she declared. Her tirade also included accusations of infidelity and likened the opposition to "tombs, dark as hell."

There they are, the unfaithful, there they are, the Philistines, there they are, the fools. We are watching them. There they are, the tombs, dark as hell.

— Rosario MurilloContinuing her verbal attack on the opposition.

The Vice President further stated that her opponents are "foxes from the same den, thinking they are hidden when they expose their dirty rags, dirty and miserable." She added, "And we all see them, and we all know them, and we all know it, and we all suffered them at some point, like the scraps that break apart, falling under their own weight."

And we all see them, and we all know them, and we all know it, and we all suffered them at some point, like the scraps that break apart, falling under their own weight.

— Rosario MurilloDescribing her view of the opposition's downfall.

Murillo contrasted the perceived chaos of the opposition with her vision of Nicaragua, asserting that "God is in Nicaragua, and... peace." She claimed that those in exile "are the flames of all the hells they created for themselves and in which their indigence burns." Nicaragua has been governed by Ortega since 2007, with Murillo serving as vice president and, following a constitutional reform, as co-president. The country faces uncertainty regarding its upcoming elections, with Ortega having recently stated that elections would not be held again for the opposition to seize power.

God is in Nicaragua, and... peace... and there (in exile) are the flames of all the hells they created for themselves and in which their indigence burns.

— Rosario MurilloContrasting Nicaragua's situation with that of the exiles.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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