MANAGUA, (PIC)
Nicaragua’s government has announced that it will break diplomatic relations with Israel, a move that adds to Israel’s growing isolation on the global stage as a result of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
Nicaraguan vice president Rosario Murillo announced the move to state media on Friday after the country’s parliament passed a resolution calling for action after the one-year anniversary of the Gaza war on October 7.
Murillo, who is president Daniel Ortega’s wife, said her husband instructed the government to “sever diplomatic relations with the fascist and genocidal government of Israel.”
The announcement is largely a symbolic one, since Israel does not have a resident ambassador in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.
The Nicaraguan government condemned Israel’s war in Gaza and said the fighting now “extends against Lebanon and gravely threatens Syria, Yemen and Iran.”
Nicaragua took the step as Israel is under growing diplomatic scrutiny as a result of its brutal attacks in Gaza and other areas of the Middle East, including in Lebanon.
