In the midst of diplomatic tensions between Nicaragua and the European Union, after the expulsion by the Daniel Ortega regime of ambassador Bettina Muscheid, the dictatorship decided to annul the appointment of Juan Carlos Ducasse Tapia as head of the General Directorate for Europe from the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to ministerial agreement No. 9-2023, published in La Gaceta No. 45 of this Friday, March 10, the regime canceled the appointment of Ducasse Tapia, who held the position since January 23, 2018.
The former official of the dictatorship Ortega Murillo is the son of Ruth Tapia, former Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and brother of Óscar Ulises Cortés Tapia, who serves as Director of Protocol of the Foreign Ministry.
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Juan Carlos Ducasse Tapia was dismissed from his position, as head of the General Directorate for Europe of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 8, the date on which he was already laid off, as reflected in the Ministerial Agreement signed by Ortega’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres.
Ducasse Tapia is on the list of defaulters and/or judicial collection as of December 2022 of the Banco de Finanzas (BDF), according to a publication on its website. The guarantor of my former Ortega official is Jara Mercedes Baltodano.
After the expulsion of the European representative in Nicaragua, the EU also ordered the departure of Zoila Muller Goff, Ortega’s ambassador to the European community. The bloc of countries has also designated sanctions to about twenty officials of the dictatorship for violation of human rights.
