Nicaragua cuts ties with the Netherlands, bans entry to Washington's ambassador

The Nicaraguan government cut diplomatic relations with the Netherlands on Friday, accusing it of meddling in its affairs, hours after it announced that the new US ambassador would not be allowed to enter because of his "interferences" as well.

"Nicaragua, in the face of repeated interventions and the neo-colonial and interventionist position of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that has provoked resentment ... through threats and suspension of action in the common interest, informs the government of this country of our decision to immediately sever diplomatic relations," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday night.

Earlier in the day, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega denounced the European country after learning that it would not fund a hospital it had always promised.

"Those who come to insult our people and our country should not reappear in Nicaragua," he said, referring to the Costa Rica-based Dutch envoy to Central America Christine Beren.

We do not want relations with this government that is interfering.”

The president said that Perrin told Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada during a visit to Managua on Thursday that the Dutch would stop funding the hospital they promised to build years ago.

Ortega stated that "the ambassador came to speak with the people of Nicaragua as if Nicaragua was a Dutch colony."

Before Ortega's statements were issued, his wife, Rosario Moreau, who is the vice president, said Friday that the new ambassador appointed by the United States, Hugo Rodriguez, "will not, under any circumstances, be allowed to enter our country, Nicaragua."

"Let it be clear to them," she added in a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry and published by the official media.

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