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Funeral for indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera, May 31, 2026, in Managua. \/\/ Photo: National Assembly <\/p>\nFuneral for indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera, May 31, 2026, in Managua. \/\/ Photo: National Assembly <\/p>\n
The regime did not return the Indigenous leader\u2019s body to his family for burial in Sandy Bay, in accordance with his wishes and his people\u2019s traditions.<\/p>\n
Por Confidencial<\/a><\/p>\n HAVANA TIMES \u2013 The Ortega-Murillo regime orchestrated funeral services for Miskitu leader Brooklyn Rivera<\/a> at the Sierras de Paz funeral home in Managua, disregarding his daughter Tininiska Rivera\u2019s request that his body be returned to the family so he could be buried in Sandy Bay, in accordance with the Indigenous leader\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n In the style of mafia members attending funerals of those they had killed, among those attending Rivera\u2019s funeral were several members of the FSLN controlled National Assembly including its president, Gustavo Porras.\u00a0 Electoral Council magistrate Lumberto Campbell, who had taken away Yatama\u2019s legal status, was also present, adding insult to injury.<\/p>\n Also attending were members of the Moravian Church in Managua.<\/p>\n Sources linked to the Ministry of Health (Minsa) told CONFIDENCIAL that the Indigenous leader was buried in Managua on orders from co-president Rosario Murillo.<\/p>\n Rivera, 73, died on May 30, 2026, at 8:30 p.m., after 970 days of illegal detention. The regime confirmed his death a day later and kept his body under police custody.<\/p>\n Tininiska Rivera<\/a>, daughter of the late Indigenous leader, asked regime authorities to allow the family to receive her father\u2019s body and bid him farewell in accordance with the traditions of their people. She received no response.<\/p>\n \u201cMy father was stripped of his freedom; let us not allow them to also deprive his family of the right to say goodbye in accordance with his wishes, his beliefs, and his legacy,\u201d the daughter of the Miskitu leader wrote from exile in a public letter.<\/p>\n Rivera\u2019s Daughter Was Unable to Say Goodbye<\/p>\n In her statement, Tininiska Rivera expressed her \u201cdeep sorrow and concern\u201d over the circumstances surrounding the Indigenous leader\u2019s death. She denounced the fact that for months her family had been denied direct information about his condition and was unable to see him, speak with him, or be by his side.<\/p>\n Brooklyn Rivera\u2019s daughter also called on the international community, human rights organizations, churches, Indigenous peoples, and the diplomatic corps to help guarantee her safe entry into Nicaragua and her full participation in the funeral proceedings.<\/p>\n \u201cAs his daughter, I wish to fulfill the promise I made to him during his lifetime: to give him the farewell he deserves and allow him to rest alongside his people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Tininiska recalled that her father dedicated his life to defending the collective rights of Nicaragua\u2019s Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples and said that his legacy \u201ctranscends generations\u201d as a symbol of resistance, dignity, and the struggle of \u201cIndigenous peoples in Nicaragua and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cToday, I do not speak from a place of confrontation. I speak from the pain of a daughter who wants to say goodbye to her father. I speak from the hope that humanity, compassion, and respect will prevail,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n They Never Said What He Was Accused Of<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Funeral-Brooklyn-1-1536x1161-1-800x605.webp\")
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