Brazil desired a dialogue, but on August 8th the Ortega regime confirmed the expulsion of their ambassador, Breno de Souza Da Costa, and Brazil responded in kind.
HAVANA TIMES – On August 8, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expelled Nicaraguan ambassador Fulvia Castro Matus, in response to Daniel Ortega’s decision to order Brazil’s ambassador to leave Nicaragua. The Brazilian diplomat, Breno de Souza Da Costa, was expelled for not attending Ortega’s official July 19th celebration.
According to the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paula, the Brazilian decision was confirmed by their foreign minister.
A statement from the Nicaraguan regime published hours later confirmed the simultaneous expulsion of Brazil’s ambassador to Nicaragua and Nicaragua’s ambassador to Brazil on Thursday August 8th. It also informed that, upon her return, the expelled Nicaraguan diplomat will become the new Minister of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy (MEFCCA).
With the appointment of Castro Matus as head of MEFCCA, the Nicaraguan dictatorship tacitly confirmed the fall from grace of the Ministry’s former head, Justa Perez. Perez, along with other functionaries is under investigation by the Nicaraguan Police Economic Investigations Department of, as Confidencial recently reported.
Brazilian ambassador advised of expulsion two weeks ago
At the end of July, Ort