Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo (née Narváez Murillo) (born November 13, 1967, in

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) is a consultant for Comunidad Casabierta, an

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rights organisation in

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. She is also a former member of the

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of Nicaragua. In 1998, she accused her stepfather,

Daniel Ortega José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; ; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician and dictator who has been the president of Nicaragua, co-president of Nicaragua since 18 February 2025, alongside his wife Rosario Murillo. He was the 54th an ...

, of sexually abusing her as a child. 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 meltdown. Zoilamérica was recovering from a leg operation. Beginning in the 1990s, Zoilamérica recounted that her

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of her by the former president became telephone calls, and was never physical again. From her exile in Costa Rica she condemned her stepfather during the 2021 Nicaraguan general election.

Personal life

Her mother is

Rosario Murillo Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician and poet, who is serving as co-president of Nicaragua along with her husband, President Daniel Ortega, since February 2025. Before this, she served as the vice ...

, her father was Jorge Narváez Parajón (m. 1967; d. 1968). She is also a stepdaughter of Daniel Ortega, president of

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In popular culture

The 2019 documentary film '' Exiliada'' (''Exiled'') revolves around and interviews her, as well as her complaints of sexual abuse against Ortega in 1998.

References

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