Nicaragua reappoints former Managua mayor as ambassador to Venezuela
The Government of Nicaragua, led by President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo, has reappointed journalist Daysi Ivette Torres Bosques, a former two-term mayor of Managua, as ambassador to Venezuela, reported the official newspaper La Gaceta this Wednesday. Torres Bosques, who also served as vice mayor of the Nicaraguan capital (2008-2009), had previously been Nicaragua's ambassador to Venezuela from March 21, 2023, to January 29, 2026.
TL;DR
- Nicaragua has reappointed Daysi Ivette Torres Bosques as ambassador to Venezuela.
- Torres Bosques previously served as ambassador to Venezuela from March 21, 2023, to January 29, 2026.
- She was replaced by Valezka Fiorella López after Nicolás Maduro's capture, serving less than a month.
- Isidro Antonio Rivera Guadamuz, the third diplomat removed from the Nicaraguan Embassy in Venezuela after Maduro's capture, was recently dismissed after less than three months in the post.
- Nicaragua and Venezuela have been close political and economic allies since the rise of the "bolivarian revolution."
- Nicaragua was an early supporter of Maduro's presidency, but has been more reserved following his capture.