Felix Maradiaga

Félix Maradiaga is a Nicaraguan academic and political activist. From 2002 to 2006, he was Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense under President Enrique Bolaños.[1] Maradiaga is the founding co-director of Civil Society Leadership Institute.[2] In September 2018, he spoke to the UN Security Council about what he characterised as the repression against the people by the government of Daniel Ortega.[3] A warrant was subsequently issued for his arrest, accusing him of "organized crime and financing of terrorism".[3] That same year, Maradiaga was hospitalised by a group of government supporters in León.[4][5] Maradiaga later fled the country.[2][6]

Félix Maradiaga
Félix Maradiaga in 2016
NationalityNicaraguan

References
  1. "Bio Maradiaga" (PDF). www.congress.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. "Félix Maradiaga, el hombre que le echó un pulso "intelectual" a Daniel Ortega; NICARAGUA D.HUMANOS (Crónica)". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). October 2, 2018.
  3. "Nicaragua: juez ordena la captura de Félix Maradiaga, destacado opositor que denunció la "represión" de Ortega ante la ONU". BBC. September 25, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. "CEJIL condena ataques a defensor de DDHH Félix Maradiaga en Nicaragua; NICARAGUA D.HUMANOS". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). July 12, 2018.
  5. "NICARAGUA PROTESTAS; Golpean a académico Félix Maradiaga acusado de "alterar la paz" en Nicaragua". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). July 11, 2018.
  6. "Nicaragua: a year of protests". CE Noticias Financieras English. April 1, 2019.


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