Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo | |
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![]() Zoilamérica in a 2019 interview | |
Born | Zoilamérica Narváez Murillo November 13, 1967 |
Alma mater | Central American University |
Parent(s) | Alejandro Narváez Parajón (biological father) Rosario Murillo (mother) |
Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo (née Narváez Murillo) (born November 13, 1967, in Managua) is a consultant for Comunidad Casabierta, an LGBTI rights organisation in Costa Rica. She is also a former member of the National Assembly of Nicaragua.
In 1998, she accused her stepfather, Daniel Ortega, of sexually abusing her as a child. [1] [2]
According to her account, April 1989 was the last time that Ortega raped her, through a third party.[ clarification needed] In September 1990, her mother threw her out of the presidential house during a nervous breakdown. Zoilamérica was recovering from a leg operation. Beginning in the 1990s, Zoilamérica recounted that her sexual harassment of her by the former president became telephone calls, and was never physical again. [3]
From her exile in Costa Rica she condemned her stepfather during the 2021 Nicaraguan general election. [4]
Her mother is Rosario Murillo, her father was Jorge Narváez Parajón (m. 1967; d. 1968). She is also a stepdaughter of Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua.
The 2019 documentary film Exiliada (English: Exiled) revolves around and interviews her, as well as her complaints of sexual abuse against Ortega in 1998. [5]
Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo | |
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![]() Zoilamérica in a 2019 interview | |
Born | Zoilamérica Narváez Murillo November 13, 1967 |
Alma mater | Central American University |
Parent(s) | Alejandro Narváez Parajón (biological father) Rosario Murillo (mother) |
Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo (née Narváez Murillo) (born November 13, 1967, in Managua) is a consultant for Comunidad Casabierta, an LGBTI rights organisation in Costa Rica. She is also a former member of the National Assembly of Nicaragua.
In 1998, she accused her stepfather, Daniel Ortega, of sexually abusing her as a child. [1] [2]
According to her account, April 1989 was the last time that Ortega raped her, through a third party.[ clarification needed] In September 1990, her mother threw her out of the presidential house during a nervous breakdown. Zoilamérica was recovering from a leg operation. Beginning in the 1990s, Zoilamérica recounted that her sexual harassment of her by the former president became telephone calls, and was never physical again. [3]
From her exile in Costa Rica she condemned her stepfather during the 2021 Nicaraguan general election. [4]
Her mother is Rosario Murillo, her father was Jorge Narváez Parajón (m. 1967; d. 1968). She is also a stepdaughter of Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua.
The 2019 documentary film Exiliada (English: Exiled) revolves around and interviews her, as well as her complaints of sexual abuse against Ortega in 1998. [5]