Nicaragua chooses China over Taiwan

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 11, 2021 12:12 am

MANAGUA, Nicaragua: Nicaragua switched diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China on Thursday (Friday in Manila) in a diplomatic coup for Beijing as it seeks to isolate the democratic island it has vowed to one day seize.

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