It doesn't matter what Americans thinks - says Carlos Navarro

 
“It doesn't matter what a f* Americans think”, says Carlos Navarro

"Our enemies do not share the same vocation as our commander Ortega and Rosario, to do things for the people and for the people", says Nicaragua's representative at the Forum

 

Source: Diario da Causa Operaria.

 

During the São Paulo Forum, from June 29th to July 2nd in Brasília, the Diário Causa Operária team team interviewed Carlos Wilfredo Navarro, a Nicaraguan parliamentarian and member of the board of directors of the National Assembly of the country governed by the Frente Sandinista National Liberation Party (FSLN).

Worker's Cause Diary (DCO) : How do you see the São Paulo Forum?

Carlos Wilfredo Navarro : See, the São Paulo Forum will be thirty-three years old in July, being a defense trench for revolutionary, progressive and leftist governments and parties. It is the trench that makes the difference to face imperialism and it is already an international force, which defines criteria, which defines positions and which guarantees the international solidarity of all revolutionary peoples. It is a beacon, a path that needs to be strengthened.

DCO: How do you see this campaign, the unilateral measures that the US has taken to overthrow democratically elected governments like Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba, and countries that do not agree with the US?

Carlos Wilfredo Navarro: What happens with economic sanctions, with political aggression and unilateral sanctions, is that in the world, democracies and nations are completely rejected, and therefore, the US places itself in the hegemonic and totalitarian role of owner of the world, who want to impose their criteria on free peoples, and sanctions are a reflection of this aggressive imperialist struggle and enemy of the peoples of America, then sanctions are a mechanism to weaken democracy in America and destroy solidarity among the peoples of America. America.

DCO: Much of what we see about Nicaragua in the Brazilian press is US propaganda and negative, but little is said about the great successes in terms of social policies carried out by the Daniel Ortega government. Could you talk a little about these social advances, the fight against poverty, hunger, etc.?

Carlos Wilfredo Navarro: There is a blockage in the networks and media of the empire (USA) that blocks all the positive knowledge that can arise from the revolution, unless it is through fake news and disinformation. They don't report on our country, but in Nicaragua there is a total social revolution, and I want to give you economic data. Nicaragua, despite the failed coup, was growing at a rate of ten percent of GDP before the coup. Our government's effort after the pandemic and three hurricanes is allowing us to achieve close to five percent growth. However, economic GDP figures do not reflect what is really happening.

We have a ninety-nine point twenty-eight percent electrical coverage in the country. We have drinking water coverage of over eighty percent and health coverage of one hundred percent of the population. In addition to the hospitals we are building, which represent the best healthcare system compared to Central America, we are also transforming trucks and vehicles seized from drug trafficking into clinics with x-ray equipment, Pap smears and dental care. More than ninety of these trucks were sent to rural areas where there is no health coverage.

When the failed coup took place, the scammers burned over twenty mobile clinics in an attempt to destroy the work we were doing. Furthermore, we are planning to build fifty thousand houses, not for the middle or rich class, but for the poor and humble class.

As for education, coverage is complete, with school centers across the country. Our healthcare system is the best in Central America, with the best roads in the region and some of the best gender and family rates. Compared to Latin America, we rank first in gender and family issues and seventh in the world.

Women's participation is significant in our parliament, with fifty-five percent women in the legislature, including four out of seven positions on the parliamentary board of directors, and fifty-five percent of Commander Ortega's cabinet is made up of women. The Supreme Court of Justice is chaired by a woman, as is the Supreme Electoral Council. In addition, many other women play important roles in our society.

In Nicaragua, university is completely free and university coverage is also free. In addition, our public transport system is highly subsidized, allowing passengers to get around the city of Managua for as little as five cents on the dollar. Subsidies also include water, electricity and telephone for the disabled and elderly.

I could go on and on by mentioning so many things we are doing, so many transformations we are implementing that allow us to say with strength and determination that we will not be stopped. We have the support of a population that, in the last election, had only the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) militants, which add up to more than two million members. However, with the social coverage we provide, we are reaching seventy percent of the population, as shown by the last election result. This is not understood by imperialism, nor by our enemies, because they do not share the same vocation as our Commander Ortega and Rosario to do things for the people and for the people. That's why Daniel says, "the people are president."

DCO: Last question, do you consider the attacks against Nicaragua because the US wants to hide the great success that you (FSNL) and other socialist parties in Latin America have with social work and the defense of the interests of the poorest?

Carlos Wilfredo Navarro: The growth is being recognized by ECLAC and there is another interesting fact faced by the North American aggression. The North Americans are trying to block international funding for Nicaragua, in order to damage health, education and all the achievements, however, ECLAC, the International Monetary Fund and even the Central American Bank are claiming that Nicaragua is the best payer of international loans in Latin America. This means that they cannot attack us in any way.

The reason the United States hides all these achievements and benefits is because they are against us. What they want is to impose a system similar to Somoza's time, where the government did what the Americans said. In our country right now the government only obeys the people and we don't care what the fuck Americans think because they don't live in Nicaragua, they're not Nicaraguan and they don't vote in Nicaragua. Nicaraguans vote in Nicaragua, and the United States will never say anything favorable to us. As a colleague of mine said this morning, if the United States starts to speak well of Nicaragua, I'm scared, I'm worried because something strange is happening.