Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo

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.

Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo
Zoilamérica in a 2019 interview
Born
Zoilamérica Narváez Murillo

(1967-11-13) November 13, 1967
Managua
Alma materCentral American University
Parent(s)Alejandro Narváez Parajón (biological father)
Rosario Murillo (mother)

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. 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]

Personal life

Her mother is Rosario Murillo, her father was Jorge Narváez Parajón (m. 1967; d. 1997). 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]

References
  1. Davison, Phil (28 May 1998). "Ortega faces sex abuse case from his stepdaughter". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. Watts, Jonathan (November 4, 2016). "As Nicaragua's first couple consolidates power, a daughter fears for her country". The Guardian. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/nicaragua/zoilamerica-testimonio.htm (Spanish)
  4. Phillips, Tom (5 November 2021). "Nicaraguan exiles see vote as step on Ortega's road to dictatorship". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "Documental "Exiliada" ya puede verse en Nicaragua". Niú (in Spanish). 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
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