Nicaragua dismisses its ambassador to Venezuela, the third after Nicolás Maduro's capture
The Government of Nicaragua, led by spouses and co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, dismissed diplomat Isidro Antonio Rivera Guadamuz from his post as Nicaraguan ambassador to Venezuela on Tuesday. He held the position for less than three months, as reported by the official newspaper La Gaceta. Through a presidential agreement, the Ortega and Murillo administration revoked Rivera Guadamuz's appointment as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Venezuela, a position to which he was appointed on February 26.
TL;DR
- Isidro Antonio Rivera Guadamuz has been removed as Nicaragua's ambassador to Venezuela.
- He served in the position for less than three months.
- Rivera Guadamuz is the third diplomat to be removed from the Nicaraguan Embassy in Venezuela since Nicolás Maduro's capture on January 3.
- The presidential agreement did not state the reasons for the dismissal.
- Nicaragua and Venezuela have been close political and economic allies since 1999.