The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo appointed Danilo Javier Chang Cash as ambassador of Nicaragua in South Africa, according to presidential agreement No. 57-2025, published in La Gaceta, Official Gazette No. 75 of this Monday, April 29, 2024 .
Chang Cash was appointed to the position in the African country on April 25, according to the official note from the Ortega regime. Before its publication, Rosario Murillo had already announced that her diplomat received the placet from South Africa.
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In November 2022, the Nicaraguan regime decided to grant Chang Cash the position of Ortega ambassador in El Salvador. Previously, he served as minister counselor with consular functions of the Nicaraguan diplomatic headquarters in the neighboring country.
The Ortega member was removed as Nicaragua’s highest representative in El Salvador in January 2024, just 13 months after being appointed. Three months later he returns to the diplomatic chess of the dictatorship, now in an African country.
Fan of the dictatorship
Chang Cash is described in his Instagram account as a “person of faith, principles, Christian and revolutionary values. Public servant of the Government of Reconciliation and National Unity.
His publications highlight the regime’s statements against the United States, speeches by Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres, and he praises his career in the ranks of the Sandinista Front. He appears in photos with a red and black scarf tied around his neck.
Currently, relations between both countries remain stable, Nayib Bukele’s administration has withdrawn condemnations against the Nicaraguan regime, mainly due to international accusations and comparisons between both leaders accused of implementing “authoritarianism.”
