The dictator Daniel Ortega cancelled the appointment of the Libyan citizen naturalized Nicaraguan Mohamed Ferrara Lashtar, nephew of the late Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi, as ambassador of Nicaragua to the Tunisian Republic.
This is the fifth embassy that Ortega has taken away from his Libyan protégé, who became, in recent years, his first “super ambassador” who held up to 15 simultaneous diplomatic posts, including at least 12 ambassadorial posts.
Ferrara Lashtar arrived in Nicaragua in the late 1980s as an envoy of his uncle, then a powerful dictator who ruled Libya with an iron fist. Lashtar became a protégé of Ortega, especially during the years when the Sandinista leader was in opposition and was Gaddafi’s financial supporter.
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Lashtar has been very close to the dictator since 2007. He has been a substitute deputy in the Parlacen, a presidential advisor, and has held 12 ambassadorial appointments, 11 of which are concurrent ambassadors in countries in Africa and Asia.
Business representative of the Ortega-Murillo family
Analysts consulted by Article 66 have suggested that Mohamed Farrara Lashtar, Ortega’s “super ambassador” and Gaddafi’s nephewis not a simple ambassador in oil-producing countries, but a representative of the Ortega-Murillo family’s businesses abroad.
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Farrara has been appointed by Ortega as resident ambassador to Kuwait, and concurrent ambassador to Egypt, Jordan, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; Saudi Arabia; the Republic of Tunisia; Qatar; the United Arab Emirates; Turkey; Bahrain and Brunei Darussalam. He is also appointed Nicaragua’s representative to the League of Arab States.
He has also served as private secretary, minister advisor for international affairs to the Presidency, special ambassador for foreign affairs and delegate for Africa, the Middle East and Arab countries. Article 66 He coined the term “super ambassador” to refer to this person with so many diplomatic positions. Now all ambassadors with more than four simultaneous diplomatic positions are called “super ambassadors” in Creole diplomacy.
