President Daniel Ortega expelled the European Union ambassador, broke up diplomatic relations with the Netherlands and refused to receive the new American representative.
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Daniel Ortega defies the world. Former Guerillero Sandinistist took one more step in his authoritarian bid and his logic of isolation by attacking Western diplomats. In recent days, the Nicaraguan authorities have expected the European Union ambassador, broke up diplomatic relations with the Netherlands and refused the entry of the United States ambassador.
Three days after being declared “persona non grata”, the ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Managua, Bettina Muscheidt, left the country on Saturday 1
“It was notified, orally, that she had to leave the country the same day, in complete violation of the Vienna Convention, explains the diplomatic source consulted by Le Monde. Finally, she obtained not to leave that on Saturday, but she was forced to stay at her house until then, therefore assigned to house in fact. “On Saturday evening, the external service of the EU had not yet reacted to the expulsion of her ambassador.
Break in diplomatic relations with the Netherlands
Monday, September 26, before the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the EU delegation had urged the regime to “render the sovereignty of Nicaragua to the Nicaraguan people”, to “restore democracy” and to “liberate in a way Immediate and unconditional “political prisoners. A speech that would have caused Managua’s anger. Some 200 opponents are currently in prison or under residence. In recent days, twenty-three of them have started a hunger strike.
Friday, it was the Netherlands who were the subject of the wrath of a president in the abounds, including dozens of senior officials and relatives, including his own wife, vice-president Rosario Murillo, are Aimed by European and American sanctions, in retaliation for the constant violations of the human rights of the government.
Managua thus decided to break diplomatic relations with the government of The Hague, described as “interventionist”, “neocolonial” and “pro-imperial” after her ambassador, Christine Pirenne, had informed that her country renounced funding the construction of a hospital as part of cooperation. Mr. Ortega accused M me pirenne, who returned to Costa Rica on Friday where she is installed, of having kept “a speech trampling on dignity” of the Nicaraguan people.
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