The recent rejection of the entry of the Nicaraguan regime into the BRICS group is one more defeat for the Sandinista dictatorship and clearly demonstrates that the supposed “strategic” allies of Beijing and Moscow actually see the dictator Ortega as “an insignificant pawn who cannot “It is worth defending against Brazil,” says political analyst and opposition leader Félix Maradiaga.
consulted by Article 66 Regarding the political and economic repercussions embodied by Brazil’s veto of Nicaragua’s entry into the BRICS group, and which was respected by China and Russia, Maradiaga believes that the dictatorship is in serious trouble in seeking a “lifeline,” since it was demonstrated that both the Chinese and the Russians do not have the patience to deal with a dictatorship that is not capable of supporting itself.
Maradiaga recalled that dictator Ortega has definitely not been taken seriously by the member countries of the BRICS, which were originally Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa, which began their meetings in 2010. Iran, Ethiopia and Egypt have recently joined. . «Regimes like those of Daniel Ortega, in Nicaragua, and Nicolás Maduro, in Venezuela; “both cornered by international sanctions.”
«The reality is that, at least this year, there is no place for those who can no longer even hide their decline. “Neither Venezuela, nor Nicaragua, nor Afghanistan, passed the filter for joining the BRICS, after being vetoed by Brazil,” says the political scientist banished by the dictatorship after being imprisoned for more than a year.
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The former political inmate analyzes that the exclusion of Nicaragua from the BRICS at the summit in Kazan, Russia, is another sign of the “global isolation” of the Sandinista dictatorship.
«By excluding Nicaragua, Brazil reinforces the idea that the BRICS should focus on more robust economies, instead of dictatorships that are desperately looking for who can sponsor them. Ortega’s diplomacy, which was once close to Lula da Silva and the Workers’ Party of Brazil, has lost any attraction for its former ally,” Maradiaga maintains.
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, exercised his veto power, although informally, to prevent the dictatorships of Ortega and Nicolás Maduro from forming part of the BRICS bloc, and in this way, the Brazilian president “who “He once considered him an ideological companion, now he makes it clear that he does not compromise the reputation of Brazil or the BRICS for a “guarango” regime, as defined by Pope Francis,” says the political analyst.
Since 2023, Ortega has publicly expressed his intention to incorporate Nicaragua into that bloc that seeks to counterbalance the G7, where Western economic powers converge, led by the United States.
However, according to Maradiaga, the Nicaraguan dictator’s intention is to join the BRICS as a “lifeline for his regime” and to do so he sent his new foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke to Kazan, however, the bloc left him out “in “a new sign of rejection that recalls previous humiliations, such as when Jaentschke was vetoed as a candidate for secretary of the Central American Integration System (SICA).”
Another defeat for Sandinista diplomacy
The opposition leader and president of the Nicaragua Freedom Foundation maintains that the veto of Nicaragua in the BRICS is a new defeat for the diplomacy of the dictatorship, and not even the support of Russia and China was enough in the face of Brazil’s informal veto .
«This decision places the Ortega-Murillo in the same category as the Taliban of Afghanistan. “Beijing and Moscow see in Ortega nothing more than an insignificant pawn that is not worth defending against Brazil,” stated the political scientist.
Neither Russians nor Chinese will overshadow Ortega
The analyst maintains that the Nicaraguan dictator expected the BRICS to be “a tree to look for shade, but he found an ax.”
He points out that China “does not have unconditional allies, only interests,” and that is why Beijing has begun to withdraw from its commitments to Cuba, frustrated by the economic incompetence of the Communist Party leadership on the island.
«Gone are the speeches of the old solidarity between communists. Similarly, Ortega discovers that, despite his servility toward Russia and China, his closest allies, they are more interested in using his regime as a thorn in the side of the United States than in providing genuine support to Nicaragua. , highlights the political scientist.
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Likewise, he points out that the exclusion of Nicaragua from the political and economic forum headed by Brazil, China and Russia, shows the lack of seriousness with which Ortega is perceived in the international arena and his inability to forge lasting alliances.
«The Sandinista dictatorship faces a future in which international support will increasingly be a chimera. Like the Cubans, Ortega will discover that China has no patience for regimes that cannot sustain themselves. And when his regime falls, neither China nor Russia will lift a finger to save him,” Maradiaga concluded.
