In a short and concise message and as a “hypocritical” act, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo sent their solidarity to the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom they also wished a speedy recovery after having undergone emergency surgery this Monday past, despite filling him with insults in the middle of the year.
“From blessed and always free Nicaragua we greet you in these delicate moments, wishing your speediest recovery, from our historical ties of brotherhood and solidarity, our American and Caribbean,” the Ortega government published in a statement.
Lula, 79, underwent emergency surgery to drain a hematoma on his head, caused by a movement of the brain after a fall in his bathroom on Saturday, but it was not until last Monday that he began to experience headaches, which is why He underwent medical intervention.
According to doctors at the Syrian-Lebanese hospital in Sao Paulo, Lula is “lucid” and “speaking” after spending the night in the hospital without problems; However, he will remain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) until this Thursday to comply with the 48 hours of precaution.
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Last August, during his speech at the virtual summit with heads of state of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), Ortega called his “dragged” and wanting to be the “representative of the Yankees” in Latin America. Brazilian counterpart.
«If you want me to respect you, respect me, Lula. If you want the Bolivarian people to respect you, respect the victory of President Nicolás Maduro and do not be dragged there,” said the Nicaraguan dictator against the Brazilian, who refused to accept the questioned victory of Nicolás Maduro in the presidential elections in Venezuela.
That same month, the Brazilian ambassador to Nicaragua, Breno de Souza Brasil Días da Costa, left the country after being expelled by the Ortega Government, according to the official version, for not attending the event celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution on July 19.
Lula’s government also decided to expel the Nicaraguan ambassador, Fulvia Castro.
