Nicaraguan Red Cross
Cruz Roja Nicaragüense | |
| Formation | 10 January 1934[1] |
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| Founders |
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| Dissolved | 9 May 2023[2] |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Focus | Humanitarian aid |
| Headquarters | Managua, Nicaragua |
Region | Nicaragua |
President | Oscar Gutiérrez |
Parent organization | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| Subsidiaries | 32 branches[3] |
| Volunteers | 2,000[3] (in 2022) |
| Website | cruzrojanicaraguense.org (archived at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 August 2023)) |
The Nicaraguan Red Cross (Cruz Roja Nicaragüense), was a humanitarian aid organization that was a member of the Red Cross Society and the national ambulance service in Nicaragua. Founded on 10 January 1934,[2] it was the country's emergency medical response organization. The Nicaraguan Red Cross had its headquarters in Managua.
In May 2023 the Nicaraguan government passed a law to close the agency amid a government crackdown on charities, civic groups, and religious groups and democratic backsliding under Daniel Ortega's leadership. The bill was passed after the Nicaraguan government accused the Red Cross of attacking the country's "peace and stability" during the 2018 Nicaraguan protests during which it helped treat injured protesters. The bill also ordered the seizure of the Red Cross's properties by the government and ordered the government's ministry of health to create a new national Red Cross.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Trow, Jennie (20 December 2011). "Long Term Planning Framework: Nicaraguan Red Cross 2012". International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Geneva. p. 2. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "National Society directory (Nicaragua)". International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Geneva. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ a b Gutiérrez, Oscar (28 February 2023). "Informe de gestión anual" [Annual management report] (PDF). Federation-wide Databank and Reporting System (in Spanish). Managua: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. p. 4. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Nicaragua orders Red Cross to close, in Ortega government's latest crackdown on civic groups". AP News. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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