Nicaragua will be left without an ambassador from the United States in mid-May and in his place will be a long-term business manager, the Washington Embassy in Managua reported in a press release.
The current US ambassador, Kevin Sullivan, who arrived in Nicaragua in November 2021 at a critical time due to the protests against President Daniel Ortega, will leave for Washington on May 19 and in his place the diplomat Kevin O’Reilly will be in charge. of business.
O’Reilly will join the US Embassy in Managua in June, “where she will work closely with Minister Counselor Carla Fleharty.”
“The time has come, after more than 4 years in Nicaragua, to begin to say goodbye. It will not be easy for us after everything we have experienced together, and all the support and affection we have felt from Nicaraguans,” Sullivan wrote. On twitter.
Washington’s response came
Sullivan’s departure and the appointment of a chargé d’affaires is the United States’ response to President Daniel Ortega’s refusal to receive Hugo Rodríguez as the new ambassador.
Ortega withdrew the “placet” to Rodríguez, after accusing him of “interference” for declaring in the US Congress that he would pressure the administration of President Daniel Ortega to restore democracy in the Central American country, for which reason Washington kept Sullivan in front of the diplomatic mission while They assessed the situation.
Sullivan played a fundamental role in Nicaragua, which has been experiencing a serious sociopolitical crisis since 2018.
Daniel Ortega recently said on national television that he contacted the US diplomat to coordinate the release of more than 222 political prisoners that the Nicaraguan president kept in different cells in the country.
Washington sent a plane to Managua to help manage the release of the Nicaraguans, one of the most relevant events in which the United States has been involved in the five years of political crisis.
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