They reveal why Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios would be banned from returning to Nicaragua by order of Daniel Ortega’s government, although the decision would be overturned

Sheynnis Palacios Cornejo restored hope to Nicaragua and filled with joy the entire country that lives under political and social tension in the Government of Daniel Ortega. The new Miss Universe 2023 knows well the struggle for rights in her country as she became part of the peaceful protests in 2018.

Although the Nicaraguan must now focus on her duties as universal queen, the press reviewed her participation in the march in Managua on June 30, 2018, suggesting that her name is under the microscope of Ortega’s government.

Without a political tendency, it is clear that Sheynnis Palacios does not support the ideas of the politician and former guerrilla who has been in power since 2007 and for several successive periods.

“I noticed the march, but I didn’t know if I should go, I was afraid of what might happen,” is the sentence with which a young woman with a degree in social communications announced on her X account that she would go to the march, as El Universal de Mexico reminds .

Will Daniel Ortega’s government ban Sheynnis Palacios from returning to Nicaragua?

As of the night of November 18, Sheynnis Palacios Cornejo, 23 years old, is the new Miss Universe and therefore has to adhere to the schedule specific to the title she now holds.

However, there was no shortage of those who announced the alleged decision of the Government of Daniel Ortega to ban her from returning to Nicaragua, before it was known that she was the winner of the competition held in El Salvador.

“On Friday, the dictatorship ordered Avianca not to board @sheynnispalacio on the flight to Nicaragua, but yesterday they reversed their decision,” exiled journalist Miguel Mendoza posted on his X account.

In the same message, he added that “immigration agents came to the Aviance offices to delete the account and force them to delete all emails with this orientation.” The text is accompanied by a picture that someone took of the issued order.

However, among the messages responding to the tweet is that of an airport worker who denied that it was true. “Our queen was already in line for boarding status in Nicaragua and apparently changed her itinerary at the last minute due to the coronation,” mentioned a user identified as Adalberto Rodas.

“There is always a risk that the regime will take revenge on her and her family in Nicaragua, especially for the fact that she participated in the protests in 2018,” warned Mexican Elvira Cuadra, director of the Center for Transdisciplinary Studies of Central America. media (CETCAM), from Costa Rica.

Despite Cuadra’s opinion, Ortega’s government issued a statement congratulating the new Miss Universe as reported by journalist Wilfredo Miranda.

Sheynnis Palacios has not commented on the matter and due to Miss Universe rules she will not be able to get involved in issues of this nature, as mentioned. Universal.

However, her victory in El Salvador gave hope to citizens who did not hesitate to take to the streets to express their joy over the victory of the Nicaraguan woman, despite the bans that have existed in that Central American country since 2018.

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