The former ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Arthur McFields He pointed out, through his Twitter account, that with the recent “assault” on the diplomatic headquarters of the regional organization, there are already three times that the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega carries out a similar action.
“For the third time the dictatorship of #Nicaragua raid a diplomatic headquarters. Everything seems to indicate that the international community will not allow this unilateral, violent and illegal practice to be normalized,” said the former diplomat.
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He recalled that in October 2009, Daniel Ortega ordered an attack on the headquarters of the United States embassy, ”you remember, it was a series of people related to the government and encouraged by the government.”
“Then in December 2021, we saw what happened with the Taiwanese embassy that was confiscated and handed over to China and then in April 2022 we are seeing another attack on a diplomatic headquarters, violating the Vienna Convention in its article 22 and the same OAS letter in its article 143, apart from that are the agreements signed by the State of Nicaragua in the years 1949-1961 and 1989, “said the former journalist.
McFields left the question whether the new attack on a diplomatic headquarters by Ortega will go unpunished, “is it going to be a common practice in the dictatorship towards diplomatic officials who are in Nicaragua?”
“Assault on the OAS can be taken to the ICJ”
He also indicated that it is expected that the assault on the OAS headquarters can be raised with “more force” to a higher court such as the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
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“Could the OAS, as they said last Wednesday, follow up on the issue and come up with something more than a resolution without teeth and without nails,” McFields remarked.
He also questioned whether the regime’s action would have an impact on the Inter-American Development Bank, where the United States has the main leadership, “that remains to be seen, what has been raised in various sectors is that the issue of attacks on headquarters diplomatic relations is not going to be seen as normal.
“The European Union has already stated it, the United States and the various delegations that make up the OAS have already stated that this case is not going to be the same, however, we Nicaraguans have already experienced for a long time what it means to be attacked, what it is to be threatened, assassinated and confiscated and now it is touching diplomatic headquarters more frequently,” he concluded.
OAS forced to vacate confiscated building
On April 28, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega reported, through the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), that after the expropriation of the offices of the Organization of American States (OAS), located in Managua, it has proceeded to “formally” deliver to their administrative officials the furniture, equipment, files and other belongings that were under “police protection” since last April 24.
Through a virulent press release, the PGR stated that as they stated through photographs, videos and files, “these belongings have not been used or violated by anyone.”
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From early hours, OAS officials used two trucks and vans to move equipment, furniture and documents from their office under the surveillance of dozens of police agents, who have taken over the facilities since Sunday.
Earlier, the Ortega regime, through a letter, demanded that the administrative officers of the agency’s Managua headquarters vacate “immediately” the building where the offices were installed.
The actions against the OAS have been repudiated by the international community. The European Union (EU) stated that it “deplores” the de facto confiscation of the facilities, documents and assets of the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Nicaragua, which was declared of “public utility” by the administration of Daniel Ortega, where he intends to set up a “Museum of Infamy”.
