{"id":43365,"date":"2020-04-20T23:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=43365"},"modified":"2020-04-20T23:46:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:46:49","slug":"nicaraguas-first-daughter-shares-metoo-story-in-new-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/nicaraguas-first-daughter-shares-metoo-story-in-new-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicaragua\u2019s First Daughter shares #MeToo Story in New Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite the obvious distance imposed by the current pandemic, the words that resonated on the lips of everyone present in the March 13 Zoom meeting with Zoilam\u00e9rica Ortega Murillo were those of agradecimento.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoilam\u00e9rica Ortega Murillo, sociologist, former member of the Nicaraguan National Assembly, and First Daughter of Nicaragua, is the subject of a new documentary titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exiliadafilm.com\/\">Exiliada<\/a>,\u201d where she opens up about her alleged sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather and Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ortega Murillo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vxmLENBjFFk\">first gained widespread media attention <\/a>in 1998, when she published a letter which accused her stepfather Daniel Ortega, current President of Nicaragua and longtime leader of the Frente Sandinista de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (FSLN), of raping her and inflicting sexual, psychological abuse and aggressive physical actions on her since she was 11.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now 22 years after first reporting the abuse, this film is the first ever to tell Zoilam\u00e9rica&#8217;s story.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=1700%2C956&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?w=1700&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=360%2C202&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=370%2C208&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=20%2C11&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=185%2C104&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=740%2C416&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=1110%2C624&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ana-y-Johny-3_web.jpg?resize=85%2C48&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Zoilam\u00e9rica Ortega Murillo, pictured with her 10-year-old son Giordano, is the focus of a new documentary &#8220;Exiliada,&#8221; which follows her life after accusing her stepfather and Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, of sexual abuse when she was a child. Still image from &#8220;Exiliada.&#8221; Courtesy: Leonor Z\u00faniga<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought her story could be a mirror where many more people could see her,\u201d said Leonor Z\u00faniga, director of \u201cExiliada.\u201d \u201cI wanted to understand why that happened. How a family acts as a structure of oppression for victims of sexual abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local Nicaraguan groups, \u201cBay Area Autoconvocadxs Nica\u201d and \u201cAmigos de Nicaragua, Azul y Blanco (ANAB),\u201d planned the speaking events attached to screenings of the documentary around the Bay Area that were to be held at universities such as SF State and U.C. Berkeley last month. The events however are \u201cpostponed, not canceled\u201d due to COVID-19, with new dates to be announced, according to Sonia Acevedo Espinoza, who hosted the March 13 Zoom meeting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film has also been showcased in multiple Latin American countries, including Canada, Belgium, Spain and the Czech Republic, according to Z\u00faniga. The events planned for the Bay Area would be the first to feature Ortega Murillo as a guest and will also be her first time in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reactions within the exiled Nicaraguan community have been generally positive, according to Z\u00faniga. But the film has, as of yet, not been able to be screened in Nicaragua itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, due to the situation of high political repression in Nicaragua, we have not been able to present the film in Nicaragua,\u201d Z\u00faniga said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A history of repression<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=360%2C203&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=370%2C208&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=20%2C11&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=185%2C104&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=740%2C416&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=1110%2C624&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-y-Daniel-Poster_web.jpg?resize=85%2C48&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President, Rosario Murillo, are displayed in a poster. Still image from &#8220;Exiliada.&#8221; Courtesy: Leonor Z\u00faniga<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What followed after Ortega Murillo first made her story public was a legal battle lasted three years, during which she asked the courts to request that the country\u2019s National Assembly remove Daniel Ortega\u2019s congressional immunity as a member of parliament, as it prevented him from being prosecuted, according to the case\u2019s legal text \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/hrlibrary.umn.edu\/cases\/118-01.html\">Zoilam\u00e9rica Narv\u00e1ez Murillo v. Nicaragua<\/a>.\u201d The text also states \u201cin spite of their [Zoilam\u00e9rica and council] repeated requests for the deputy\u2019s immunity to be suspended, no decision was given until this case was brought before the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oas.org\/en\/iachr\/\">Inter-American Commission on Human Rights<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nicaraguan courts, packed with allies of Daniel Ortega, ultimately rejected her charges and threw her case out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AdFqY9QAYAg\">according to multiple reports from the time<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being elected president of Nicaragua in 2007, Ortega returned to power, with Rosario Murillo, Zoilam\u00e9rica\u2019s mother, as his First Lady. Rosario Murillo would later rise to the position of Vice President in 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosario Murillo has publicly denied Zoilam\u00e9rica\u2019s accusations. In the 15 subsequent years after her accusation, Zoilam\u00e9rica faced great political persecution until she eventually fled from Nicaragua, in 2013 to San Jose, Costa Rica.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=1500%2C844&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=360%2C203&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=370%2C208&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=20%2C11&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=185%2C104&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=740%2C416&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=1110%2C625&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Rosario-poster-_web.jpg?resize=85%2C48&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Vice President, Rosario Murillo. Still image from &#8220;Exiliada.&#8221; Courtesy: Leonor Z\u00faniga<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always say that exile is a process with a lot of uncertainty,\u201d Ortega Murillo said. \u201cIt\u2019s a reality that is built day by day, and you don\u2019t always know how sustainable that reality is. And then, at best, stability is about defining what I want for the future. I\u2019ve always wanted to return to Nicaragua, and in some moments that seems close, and at other times it\u2019s further away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ortega Murrilo said the filming for the documentary focused mainly on her home life and was, at times, rather spontaneous. One day, Z\u00faniga arrived at Ortega Murillo\u2019s home on the day the Sandinista Front candidates announced their presidential elections. \u201cAnd indeed, that day was extremely difficult for me,\u201d Ortega Murillo said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ortega Murillo said that her story and experience have converted themselves into her \u201clife\u2019s mission&#8221; <em>,<\/em> which can show others how their experiences are not isolated. This documentary also comes at a time when the Nicaraguan people are hard-pressed by her step-father\u2019s authoritarian regime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a very important sense of historical opportunity,\u201d Ortega Murillo said. \u201cBecause it has coincided with protest and death in Nicaragua. That combined made the documentary a space to show that this didn\u2019t just happen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=1500%2C844&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=360%2C203&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=200%2C112&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=370%2C208&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=20%2C11&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=185%2C104&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=740%2C416&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=1110%2C625&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?resize=85%2C48&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Zoilam\u00e9rica Ortega Murillo is the focus of a new documentary &#8220;Exiliada,&#8221; which follows her life after accusing her stepfather and Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, of sexual abuse when she was a child. Still image from &#8220;Exiliada.&#8221; Courtesy: Leonor Z\u00faniga<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ortega Murillo felt that her stepfather\u2019s abuse was one of the first signs of political and moral rot within the Sandinista government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the future of the Central American nation remains uncertain, Ortega Murillo felt hopeful while remaining aware of the great political divides within the Nicaraguan people. She stated that it should not be \u201ca moment just for some.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRight now in Nicaragua, we have a deep, deep social divide,\u201d Ortega Murillo said. \u201cI know young men, here in Costa Rica, who were kicked out of their homes by their family for&nbsp; participating in the protests. And the result is that you have a political system, in distinct moments, acting in complicity with Daniel Ortega.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ortega Murillo went on to state that Nicargua is once again undergoing a great transformation. But unlike the revolution of the late 70\u2019s, she felt that change would not come via a protracted war.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though we consider this regime to be criminal, we are not going to sacrifice human life again,\u201d Ortega Murillo said. \u201cWhat we have to be careful of &#8230; is to not exclude the political voices amongst ourselves so that we can build a vision of a country that is not unique, exclusive, authoritarian &#8230; and how it is built, that is what we are learning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the obvious distance imposed by the current pandemic, the words that resonated on the lips of everyone present in the March 13 Zoom meeting with Zoilam\u00e9rica Ortega Murillo were those of agradecimento.&nbsp; Zoilam\u00e9rica Ortega Murillo, sociologist, former member of the Nicaraguan National Assembly, and First Daughter of Nicaragua, is the subject of a new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":43367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3535],"tags":[],"coauthors":[18511],"class_list":["post-43365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nicaragua\u2019s First Daughter shares #MeToo Story in New Documentary - El Tecolote<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite the obvious distance imposed by the current pandemic, the words that resonated on the lips of everyone present in the March 13 Zoom meeting with\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/nicaraguas-first-daughter-shares-metoo-story-in-new-documentary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nicaragua\u2019s First Daughter shares #MeToo Story in New Documentary - El Tecolote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite the obvious distance imposed by the current pandemic, the words that resonated on the lips of everyone present in the March 13 Zoom meeting with\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/nicaraguas-first-daughter-shares-metoo-story-in-new-documentary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"El Tecolote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElTecoloteSF\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-21T06:46:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-21T06:46:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EXILE-subtitles.00_00_41_17.Still008_web.jpg?fit=1500%2C844&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"844\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul C. 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