Vatican shuts down Nicaragua embassy

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 20, 2023 12:06 am

MANAGUA, Nicaragua: The Vatican representative to Nicaragua has left the country and closed its embassy there amid continuing tensions between Managua and the Holy See, the Vatican News portal has reported.

Bilateral relations had been on the brink of collapse after Pope Francis in an interview last week referred to the government of socialist president Daniel Ortega as a dictatorship.

ESCALATING TENSION Pope Francis looks on next to a Pontifical Swiss Guard during an audience to refugees who arrived under humanitarian corridors program, on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Paul VI Audience Hall in The Vatican. The Vatican representative to Nicaragua has left the country and closed its embassy there amid continuing tensions between Managua and the Holy See, the Vatican News portal has reported. AFP PHOTO

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