Can International Pressure Stop Ortega’s Action Against Opponents?
A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts’ viewpoints on President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown against his opposition in Nicaragua.
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Manuel Orozco is a non-resident senior fellow with the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue. He is the Director of the Center for Migration and Economic Stabilization at Creative Associates International. For 20 years, he served as the director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program at the Dialogue. He also serves as a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Center for International Development and as a senior adviser with the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Orozco has conducted extensive research, policy analysis and advocacy on issues relating to global flows of remittances as well as migration and development worldwide. He is chair of Central America and the Caribbean at the US Foreign Service Institute and senior researcher at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University.
Orozco frequently testifies before Congress and has spoken before the United Nations. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Texas at Austin, a MA in public administration and Latin American studies, and a BA in international relations from the National University of Costa Rica.
Orozco has published widely on remittances, Latin America, globalization, democracy, migration, conflict in war torn societies, and minority politics. His books include International Norms and Mobilization for Democracy (2002), Remittances: Global Opportunities for International Person-to-Person Money Transfers (2005), América Latina y el Caribe: Desarrollo, migración y remesas (2012) and Migrant Remittances and Development in the Global Economy (2013).
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La diáspora nicaragüense no juega un rol político por estar enviando remesas, el rol político es como una comunidad organizada.
En Venezuela, prácticamente ninguna de las recomendaciones [de organismos adscritos a la ONU para mejorar el flujo de dinero entre las naciones y reducir los costos del envío] importa. Lo que importa es proporcionar asistencia humanitaria que incluye apoyo en efectivo para ayudar a sus familias en Venezuela.