Daniel Ortega’s government accused Spain of ‘unacceptable interference’, prompting recall of country’s ambassador.
Spain is recalling its ambassador to Nicaragua after Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government accused Madrid of “unacceptable interference” and historical crimes in the Central American nation.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares made the decision after “serious and unfounded accusations were made against Spain and its institutions”, his ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, “as well as gross falsehoods about judicial and electoral processes”.
Ortega’s government sent a statement to Spain on Tuesday “denouncing cynical and continual meddling, interference and intervention in our internal affairs, inappropriate of democratic governments”.
It added that Spanish governments and institutions had overseen “cover-ups, lies, crimes, hate crimes and crimes against humanity” and “continually failed to comply with the rights of the peoples to autonomy or autonomous processes for independence”.
The withdrawal of the Spanish ambassador came a day after Nicaragua recalled its ambassadors to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Costa Rica in response to similar moves by those countries...
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