It is finished. The Organization of American States vacated on Thursday the real estate that it still maintained in what was its local headquarters, in Managua, after an ultimatum that the government of President Daniel Ortega gave them to continue with their plans to build what they have called “the museum of infamy”.
Last Sunday, Ortega announced the closure of the organization in Managua and declared it a public good. Then the government sent a letter pressuring the OAS to vacate its headquarters, according to former diplomat Arturo McFields on his Twitter account.
This Thursday the measure was finalized. According to the Attorney General’s Office, in the afternoon “the furniture, equipment and other belongings” of the OAS were “formally handed over to its administrative officials” to its members, which remains “under police protection.”
The OAS used vans to remove computers and material that it guarded at its headquarters.
Government tries to shield itself
The government has said that the agency’s belongings “have not been used or violated by anyone,” in an apparent attempt to counter recent statements by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro.
“We record the legality and order of this formal delivery, and we underline the gross and hypocritical conduct of the despicable colonial administrations of the OAS,” underlined the press release from the Attorney General’s Office that confiscated the private building that he rented the organism.
In the statement, the attorney criticizes Secretary Almagro and classifies him as a “deplorable and dark imperial junk.” He adds that he “continues to create fallacies and lies” by denouncing violations of international conventions.
The eviction of the organization occurs one day after the Permanent Council met to debate and condemn the closure of its offices in Managua, which is generating convictions.
The European Union (EU) “deplored” the seizure of the facilities by the Nicaraguan authorities and recalled that it violates the basic diplomatic norms according to the 1961 Vienna Convention.
“Nicaragua must comply with its international commitments, in particular the 1989 establishment agreement between Nicaragua and the OAS,” said Nabila Massrali, EU Foreign Affairs and Policy Spokesperson, on Twitter.
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