Nicaragua leaves the OAS and closes its offices in Managua
The government of Daniel Ortega had already announced in November 2021 the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the OAS, which was supposed to happen within two years, but Managua has decided to accelerate its departure and withdraw without delay.
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The Nicaraguan government announced on Sunday 24 April that it was immediately withdrawing from the Organization of American States (OAS), which it described as a "
diabolical instrument of evil
", and that the offices of this body in Managua had been closed.
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The government of
Daniel Ortega
had already announced in November 2021 the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the OAS, which according to the protocol of the organization was in principle to occur within two years in order to give the country time to prepare its exit. .
But Managua has decided to speed up its departure and withdraw its representatives from this Washington-based body without delay, said Foreign Minister Denis Moncada.
"
From this date
", Nicaragua ceases to be part "
of all the deceptive mechanisms of this monster
", affirmed Denis Moncada in a letter.
“
We will not be present at any instances of this diabolical instrument of evil called OAS
,” he continued.
“
This infamous organization will therefore also have no offices in our country.
Its local headquarters have been closed
,” the minister added.
The OAS did not recognize the re-election of Daniel Ortega
The OAS brings together the majority of the countries of the American continent.
Its stated objectives are to work in favor of the continent's security, to defend democracy and human rights there, to fight against corruption and trafficking and to promote trade there.
The OAS, like most of the international community, did not recognize the re-election in November of Daniel Ortega for a fourth term, after the incarceration of all his presidential competitors.
And in late March, Nicaragua's ambassador to the OAS, Arturo McFields, was fired after being caught calling the
Ortega government
a "
dictatorship
."
In 2018, the country was rocked by a protest demanding the resignation of Ortega, a 76-year-old ex-Sandinista guerrilla.
The crackdown has left more than 300 people dead and hundreds of opponents imprisoned, according to human rights organizations.
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