Nicaragua’s left-leaning authoritarian government closed the Organization of American States (OAS) office in the capital, Managua. At the same time, it withdrew the accreditation of its representatives at the OAS in Washington, as announced yesterday (local time) by the government of the Central American country. “We will no longer be represented in any instance of this diabolical instrument of evil,” the statement said.
President Daniel Ortega announced in November last year that Nicaragua would leave the OAS because of interference in internal affairs. However, the procedure for withdrawing from the confederation of states takes two years.
In late February, Nicaragua’s then ambassador to the OAS surprisingly opposed his government. Arturo McFields called Nicaragua a dictatorship and demanded the release of political prisoners.
“The withdrawal of the OAS dictatorship is a moral victory for the people of Nicaragua and in particular for the more than 180 political prisoners and their families,” the ousted ambassador wrote on Twitter. “There is hope for Nicaragua.”