Brazil’s government has kicked out Nicaragua’s ambassador to the nation in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s President Daniel Ortega. The press office of Brazil’s foreign ministry confirmed Thursday to The Associated Press that it had decided to expel Nicaraguan ambassador Fulvia Patricia Castro Matu.
FILE - Nicaragua ’s President Daniel Ortega , left, shakes hands with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil July 28, 2010. SAO PAULO — Brazil’s government Thursday kicked out Nicaragua ’s ambassador to the nation in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s
The office said da Costa was kicked out for failing to attend the 45th anniversary celebrations of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution. Ortega, whose critics see him as an authoritarian leader, was a guerrilla fighter in that movement.A diplomatic source in Brasilia told the AP that Nicaragua’s government protested two weeks ago against da Costa’s absence from the festivities opening the way to kick him out.
Leticia Bessa, an administrative assistant at the Nicaraguan embassy in Brazil’s capital, said Matu left the country before Brazil’s foreign ministry finalized its decision.
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