Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliation as rift between leaders grows
Associated PressSAO PAULO — Brazil’s government kicked out Nicaragua’s ambassador Thursday in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s President Daniel Ortega. Brazil’s foreign ministry said it had decided to expel Nicaraguan Ambassador Fulvia Patricia Castro Matu in “application of the principle of reciprocity to the measure adopted by the Nicaraguan government about the Brazilian ambassador in Managua.” The ministry’s statement said Brazil’s Ambassador Breno da Costa has already left the country. Two diplomatic sources in Brasilia told the AP that Nicaragua’s government protested two weeks ago over da Costa’s absence from celebrations of the 45th anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution, opening the way to expel him. Leticia Bessa, an administrative assistant at the Nicaraguan embassy in Brazil’s capital, said Matu left the country before Brazil’s foreign ministry finalized its decision.
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