Nicaragua suspends diplomatic relations with Vatican TASS with regard to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Reconciliation and the Government of National Unity of Nicaragua make clear that diplomatic relations between the Vatican State and the Republic of Nicaragua are suspended,” the ministry said.
According to the ministry, this decision was made taking into account “information disclosed by sources that appear to be linked to the Catholic Church”.
Agency Reuters Based on a source in the Vatican, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has decided to close the Vatican’s embassy in Managua and the Central American Republic’s diplomatic mission in the Vatican.
According to the source, Nicaraguan authorities ordered the closure of the missions due to Pope Francis’ recent statements comparing the Nicaraguan government to the “1917 communist dictatorship” and National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler’s earlier dictatorship in Germany. World War II
In an interview with Infobae in Argentina, the Pope also said the president of Nicaragua, who persecuted the country’s Catholic Church and imprisoned a prominent bishop, was “unstable”.
Former US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declarationThat Nicaragua has released more than 200 political prisoners and sent them to the United States.