The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship has further strained diplomatic relations with Brazil, the most important economy in Latin America, by ordering the expulsion of that country’s ambassador from Nicaragua at the end of July, on the grounds that the diplomat did not attend the event on July 19. In response, the Brazilian government decided to apply the same dose to him on Thursday, expelling the dictatorship’s ambassador in Brasilia.
According to a report published this week by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulociting sources from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, dictator Ortega would have ordered the Brazilian ambassador, accredited in Managua, Breno De Souza Brasil Dias Da Costa, to leave Nicaraguan territory 15 days ago.
The Brazilian media reported that, despite the order from the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship for the diplomat to leave the country, the Foreign Ministry of the South American state made efforts to try to stop the expulsion, however, they failed and the diplomat’s departure was confirmed.
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“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has contacted Nicaragua to clarify the decision and, according to the official, is awaiting a final statement from Managua,” the media reported.
The same Brazilian newspaper reported on Thursday that the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship finally confirmed the expulsion of the Brazilian ambassador, and consequently, the Foreign Ministry of that country decided to apply the same measure to the representative of the dictatorship in Brazil.
The only known justification, according to the diplomatic source cited by Folha de S. Paulo, for expelling Ambassador Dias Da Costa is because the Brazilian representative did not participate in the government event celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution.
Brazil responds
The Lula da Silva government did not sit back and do nothing. On Thursday, August 8, Folha reported that the Sandinista ambassador in Brasilia, Fulvia Patricia Castro Matus, was expelled by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.
“There is still no information on the deadline given to Fulvia to interrupt its mission in Brazil,” the media explains.
“Relations between the two countries were practically frozen since Lula tried unsuccessfully to intercede for the release of a Catholic bishop (Rolando Álvarez) persecuted by the regime. With the expulsions of the ambassadors, they have reached an even lower level,” he stressed.
Brazil is the most important economy in the Latin American region and is also a founding member of the BRICSthe political and economic forum that seeks to compete with the G7.
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Ortega, rejected by the democratic world and the Western powers, is trying to be accepted into the BRICS, for which, according to information published through the official propaganda media, he has already made a formal request.
Two years in office
Dias Da Costa was officially recognized as Brazilian ambassador to Nicaragua through the Presidential Agreement 128-2022, published in La Gaceta, Official Gazette number 157 of August 23, 2022.
His absence from the political event of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship on July 19 was due to the fact that he “acted under the direction of Itamaraty (Foreign Ministry). Given the freezing of relations, he had instructions from Brasilia not to attend certain political events organized by the regime,” said the source, quoted by Folha.
Ortega hides from Lula
Relations between Brazil and Nicaragua have cooled since the Brazilian leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaformerly very close to the dictator Ortega, at the request of Pope Francis, attempted to mediate for the release of the Catholic bishop who was detained at the time, Rolando Álvarez, and other religious figures.
Recently, Lula revealed that his mediation never came to fruition because his former friend, Daniel Orteganever wanted to answer a phone call. “The fact is that Ortega did not answer my phone and did not want to talk to me. So, I never spoke to him again,” explained the Brazilian president.
