Through presidential agreement 42-2022, published in La Gaceta, Daniel Ortega annulled the appointment of Carlos Antonio Midence as extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Nicaragua in the Kingdom of Spain, “with residence in the City of Madrid”.
The new action of the Nicaraguan dictatorship occurs after March 10 was brought forward on the withdrawal of the ambassador Midence in Spain, which responds, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry; to a warning of possible expulsion of the official due to the refusal of the Daniel Ortega administration to prevent the ambassador from entering Managua Maria del Mar Fernandez-Palaciosrepresentative of Pedro Sánchez.
Ortega accused Spain of “pressuring” and “threatening” his former ambassador
In a press release issued by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he stressed that he had informed the Spanish Foreign Ministry of his decision to withdraw Ambassador Midence from his duties. They point out that Ortega’s envoy is the victim of “continuous pressure” and “threats” that he described as “interfering.”
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The dictatorship assured that this situation makes “the exercise of diplomatic work impossible”, although it did not refer to what acts of intimidation it refers to. Midence held the position since September 21, 2016.
Likewise, through ministerial agreement number 16-2020, published in La Gaceta on March 16, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the Government of Daniel Ortega accepted the resignation of Louis Samuel Wiltshire Hamilton, as attache of the Embassy of Nicaragua in the United States.
The regime did not disclose the reasons for the resignation of Wiltshire Hamilton and limited itself to announcing that therefore “ministerial agreement 16A-2010, dated May twenty-eight of the year two thousand and ten, published in La Gaceta, Official Gazette, is cancelled. No.178, of September 20 of the year two thousand and ten».
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This agreement, signed by Minister Denis Moncada Colindres, takes effect as of March 15 of this year. After the announcement, Ortega did not say who will fill the position vacated by the diplomat.
Luis Samuel Wiltshire is one of the officials who are virtually anonymous. There is no information on the internet about this former diplomat.
