Trivelli: After 9/11 no country wants to be considered a refuge for terrorists
May 27, 2008 – Nicaragua Network Hotline
On May 21 outgoing US Ambassador Paul Trivelli was asked about the US government’s reaction to the Nicaraguan government’s decision to award asylum to the three survivors of the Colombian attack on a guerrilla base in Ecuador on Mar. 1. “My only observation,” he replied, “is that, after 9/11 no country in the world wants to be considered as a refuge for terrorists.” When asked whether the US would consider putting Nicaragua on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, Trivelli said “Nicaragua is not on the list at the moment and I do not think we are going to put her on it, … but we are constantly observing the signs given off by all countries in the world.” “Up until now the Nicaraguan government, police force and army have all cooperated with us on issues like drug trafficking, organized crime, terrorism and people trafficking. So in terms of security our relationship is still in good shape.”
Trivelli was not asked about terrorists Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, who are harbored by the Bush administration in Miami. Posada is wanted in Venezuela and Cuba for the 1976 bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner which killed 73 people including Cuba’s Olympic fencing team. Bosch and Posada have admitted to the media of participating in numerous bombings and terrorist attacks in Cuba.
Meanwhile Foreign Minister Samuel Santos responded to his Colombian counterpart’s “energetic protest” against the Nicaraguan government’s decision to award asylum to the three survivors (Mexican Lucia Morett and Colombians Doris Bohorquez Torres and Martha Perez) by saying, “Daniel Ortega’s government has no reason to stop carrying out its own humanitarian acts like any other country interested in taking care of human beings.”
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