By Karin Hiebaum
The leftist, authoritarian government of Nicaragua has closed the office of the Organisation of American States (OAS) in the capital Managua. At the same time, it withdrew the accreditation of its representatives to the OAS in Washington, the government of the Central American country announced yesterday (local time). «We will no longer be represented in any instance of this diabolical instrument of evil,» the statement said.
Because of interference in internal affairs, President Daniel Ortega had already announced in November last year that Nicaragua would leave the OAS. However, the withdrawal procedure from the confederation of states takes two years. At the end of February, the Nicaraguan ambassador to the OAS at the time surprisingly turned against his government. Arturo McFields called Nicaragua a dictatorship and demanded the release of political prisoners.
«The withdrawal of the dictatorship from the OAS is a moral victory for the people of Nicaragua and especially for the more than 180 political prisoners and their families,» the shunned ambassador now wrote on Twitter. «There is hope for Nicaragua.»
Por Karin Hiebaum
Profesora universitaria,
psicóloga y corresponsal en Europa
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