Dorothy Wins Major Victory!!
She's out of Hiding and Heading for Mulukukú

Government Grudgingly Accepts Decision of Appeals Court
but Will Appeal to Supreme Court
U.S. Support Network Needs to Remain Alert
Dorothy Will Be Calling for More Actions.


Viernes 9 de Febrero de 2001 | Managua, Nicaragua

Vuelve a Mulukukú con ayuda humanitaria
Dorotea: «No soy enemiga del Gobierno»
* Espera que aprecien calidad del trabajo en su clínica
* Presidente fue mal informado por personas interesadas

—RAFAEL LARA Y LUIS GALEANO—
Managua

  Dorotea Granada, feliz de presentarse en público, después de dos meses en la clandestinidad a la que fue obligada por el Ministro de Gobernación, José Marenco. (Foto: Miguel Molina)  
Una escena conmovedora se produjo en el centro Benjamín Linder, en el barrio Monseñor Lezcano, cuando finalmente salió a luz pública la enfermera norteamericana Dorotea Granada, quien se abrazó con sus amistades de la cooperativa María Luisa Ortiz, bajo la protección de un Recurso de Amparo que suspendió la resolución de revocación de residencia y expulsión del país emitida de oficio por el Ministro de Gobernación.

«No tengo ningún rencor ni resentimiento contra nadie. Espero que los corazones del Gobierno se suavicen porque yo no soy su enemiga. Somos una cooperativa chiquita, allá en el fin del mundo. El daño no fue para mí, tampoco para la cooperativa. El daño fue para la población pobre que no tiene recursos para accesar a la salud», expresó Dorotea....

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MESSAGE FROM DOROTHY
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As Dorothy said on Tuesday, when asked if she had any special words for her supporters in the U.S.:

“WHAT it is truly amazing is that all ofthe solidarity efforts and all of theletters have added up to turn asituation around not only for ourcommunity in Mulukuku but for many poor communities around the country.

“These efforts are really going to give life to many thousands of poor. The poor here know and appreciate the solidarity - both the poor and those who care about human rights. We have to appreciate that every little effort helps. No good work is wasted.”


Saturday, 17 February, 2001 | Managua, Nicaragua

Thousands on horseback and on foot bathe her in love and gratitude
Tremendous Welcome for Dorothy in Mulukukú
* She is received like a heavenly missionary
* Like the chapter of a soap opera with real tears
* Roast meat, Valencian rice ... and rum

—JOAQUÍN TORRES A.—
[Translated from the Spanish by Julia Lutsky]

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  Doña Dorotea Granada, rodeada de mujeres y niños de Mulukukú, enun momento de su entrada triunfal a ese poblado la tarde deljueves. (Foto: Francisco Mendoza).  
Mulukukú– If on Thursday afternoon [15 February] Dorothy Granada had been able to take hold of her popularity and her love for the people of Mulukuku she could have called forth a revolution and led an army of thousands. The office of mayor would have been too small for her. She had won the presidency of the streets.

Of course, no one put palm branches under her feet but little else was missing. She was received like a saint, a martyr, a heavenly messenger, a protecting mother, a star, a sun come to illuminate the lives of thousands.

Everyone wanted something from her: an embrace, a kiss, a tear. That she touch and cure them with a touch of the hand. Or with just a look.

It seemed like one of those chapters of a novel that draws rivers of tears. Only these were real, from mothers, daughters, sons and fathers. From the sick and the well. From and entire people who had been two months without her and who now wanted recover them in one afternoon, enjoying each moment as if it were the last....

For full text / texto completo:
Tremendous Welcome for Dorothy in Mulukukú * Apoteósica bienvenida a Dorotea en Mulukukú

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