The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), in a morning press conference when asked whether he would send any official representation to the inauguration of Daniel Ortega that takes place on January 10, affirmed that “it has not yet been decided »And was even uninformed regarding when the shot will be. The Mexican president said that it would be “unwise” for his government not to send a representative and therefore confirmed that it will send a representative.
“When is? (today). Ah, today, ah I did not know, I did not know. And what time is the inauguration? “AMLO asked the journalist who made the question and added that” we are going to see if there is time for him to arrive because we have good relations with everyone, with everyone and we don’t want to be too much. reckless (…) yes (it would be reckless not to send a representative) because we cannot put aside our policy of self-determination of peoples and independence. Mexico is a free and sovereign country.
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“But a representative is going to go, right now we are going to see him,” concluded AMLO and said that the person who will attend the inauguration will be Ramiro Ayala, head of the Mexican Foreign Ministry in Managua and in charge of business.
The president of Mexico, when adding who would be the representative who will attend Ortega’s inauguration, informed that he will appoint a new ambassador to Nicaragua.
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“At once I am going to say it, he is in charge of business, because we do not have an ambassador, but we are going to ask for the approval of the Nicaraguan government because Guillermo Zamora, by the way, is going to be an ambassador in Nicaragua,” he announced.
On June 27, 2021, Mexico together with Argentina called their respective ambassadors in Nicaragua to travel to their countries to answer questions regarding the actions of the Ortega regime once morest the opposition since the imprisonment of presidential candidates and political activists.
The Mexican ambassador to Nicaragua who was called for consultation was Gustavo Alonso Cabrera Rodríguez. In response on August 9, 2021, the Ortega regime called its ambassadors in Costa Rica, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia for consultations, according to the designated vice president, Rosario Murillo..
«The Government of Nicaragua has seriously and maturely observed and considered, with great patience, the constant and undeserved accusations that are disrespectful, meddlesome, meddlesome, and interventionist in our internal affairs by the highest authorities of these countries, on issues that only concern our people and Government, and also cynically and unscrupulously referring to situations that they try to ignore and that are harmful to human rights in their own countries, “said Murillo.
The regime’s ambassador in Mexico was Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Madrigal.
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AMLO’s statements contradict those made this Sunday night by the Foreign Ministry of that country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico first said that the person who would arrive in the country would be Martín Borrego Llorente, director general for South America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), a representative of low diplomatic rank and not the foreign minister, as Rosario had announced Murillo. However, later the Chancellery affirmed that neither he will come.
“No official will attend Daniel Ortega’s inauguration,” the Mexican Foreign Ministry told the media. According to official information, this is due to the 2022 meeting of ambassadors and consuls that will be held.
The information was also confirmed by the Head of the Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Daniel Millán, through his Twitter account. “It is not planned to send a delegation or representative of the SRE to the protest in Nicaragua,” he said.
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