Nicaragua Rejects ‘Unusual Communication’ From Costa Rica
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March 27, 2025 Hour: 11:51 am
Previously, Nicaragua accused Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and the Dominican Republic of interfering in its internal affairs.
On Wednesday, Nicaragua strongly protested against Costa Rica over an communication whereby San Jose dared to issue orders and threatened Managua with “measures.”
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“We have received the unprecedented communication from the pro tempore presidency of Costa Rica, where, assuming functions that no one has granted them, they dare to give orders to a government and a sovereign country, threatening to impose measures harmful to democratic and institutional order and, of course, unacceptably aggressive against our own legal system and in violation of all regulations and protocols of SICA,” stated Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister, Valdrack Jaentschke, in a letter addressed to the member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA).
“In the face of this indefensible and unjustifiable aggression, which comes from an incomprehensible sense of superiority —one that closely resembles colonialists’ positions and attitudes— the Government of Nicaragua strongly protests against the usurper Government of Costa Rica, reminding them that they do not own Central America, SICA, or, least of all, Nicaragua,” Jaentschke added.
“In the past, and not just once, Costa Rica attempted to take and occupy Nicaragua, pushing their megalomania and delusional narcissism to the extreme by placing their flag on our historical landmarks and heritage cities, such as Granada. We remind them that they were defeated before, and they would be defeated again if they dare to usurp our sovereignty and national dignity,” he warned.
The Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister rejected “the indefensible, unjustifiable, and egocentric attitude of Costa Rica, which, as on so many occasions, seeks to dominate our institutions and commits the sacrilege of addressing us in a shamelessly pro-imperialist language.”
“Gentlemen of the Government of Costa Rica, we do not accept your terms. And, as our General Augusto C. Sandino once said, we neither fear you nor even respect you. We are a brave people who, throughout history, have known how to defend our national honor,” Jaentschke added.
“In response to your unacceptable terms, our only answer is: In Nicaragua, we do not sell out, we do not surrender, and no one is mistaken! Neither subjects nor slaves. We are Nicaraguans with history, glory, and memory by the grace of God,” he concluded.
Last week, the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and the Dominican Republic of interfering in its internal affairs after they rejected the candidacy of former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada as the new SICA secretary.
“Once again, the delegations of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, interfering in the internal and sovereign affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua, seek to dictate and impose their political criteria and interests on sovereign matters, which only the people and Government of Nicaragua have the right to decide,” it stated at the time.
At the end of November 2024, Nicaragua threatened Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and the Dominican Republic with taking “certain measures” against them for opposing the election of former Foreign Minister Moncada as the new SICA Secretary-General and described a joint statement issued by those four countries as “disrespectful and imposing.”
The SICA Secretariat has been vacant since mid-November 2023, when Nicaraguan lawyer Werner Vargas resigned from the position for the 2022-2026 term, to which he had been appointed at Nicaragua’s proposal.
Founded in 1991, SICA comprises Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic as full members, while Mexico, the United States, and other countries hold the status of regional observers.
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Source: EFE