The only regional leaders who attended the event were Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who arrived in the morning in the Nicaraguan capital; the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the outgoing president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández.
Bolivian Foreign Minister Erwin Mamani was also present.
In the midst of the controversy generated over the legitimacy of the elections in the Central American country, other leftist governments in the region, such as Argentina and Mexico, sent diplomatic representatives to take office.
Days before the ceremony, the Mexican Foreign Ministry headed by Marcelo Ebrard had announced that it would not send representatives to Ortega's inauguration.
However, in his morning space with the press, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador not only announced that he would send the current head of the embassy in the country, but also announced the name of who will be the new Mexican ambassador in Managua.
In the same way, the government of Alberto Fernández in Argentina announced a few hours before the event that it would send a representative from the embassy in Managua.
Attack on the United States
In his swearing-in speech, Ortega attacked the US government and demanded that President Joe Biden release the 700 political prisoners who, according to him, are in US prisons, referring to the supporters of Donald Trump who assaulted the Congress on January 6, 2021.
According to the newspaper La Prensa, Ortega "did not make any reference to the more than 160 political prisoners in Nicaragua."
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He also called for the end of the blockade against Cuba and the sanctions against Venezuela.
And he referred positively to the recent restoration of his country's diplomatic relations with China and to the "cooperation and trade" agreements signed by his son with the special envoy from Beijing.
Other latitudes
Other countries that sent delegations, as reported by the Nicaraguan government, were Belize, Honduras, China, Iran, Palestine, the Sahrawi Arab Republic, Russia, India, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, North Korea, Angola, Syria, Turkey, Belarus, Egypt, Malaysia, and Yemen.
In the case of the Chinese delegation, Xi Jinping's government envoy was the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Assembly, Cao Jianming.
Cao was also sanctioned by the US a year ago for his role in persecuting protesters during the protests that took place in Hong Kong in 2020.
He also called for the end of the blockade against Cuba and the sanctions against Venezuela.
And he referred positively to the recent restoration of his country's diplomatic relations with China and to the "cooperation and trade" agreements signed by his son with the special envoy from Beijing.
Other latitudes
Other countries that sent delegations, as reported by the Nicaraguan government, were Belize, Honduras, China, Iran, Palestine, the Sahrawi Arab Republic, Russia, India, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, North Korea, Angola, Syria, Turkey, Belarus, Egypt, Malaysia, and Yemen.
In the case of the Chinese delegation, Xi Jinping's government envoy was the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Assembly, Cao Jianming.
Cao was also sanctioned by the US a year ago for his role in persecuting protesters during the protests that took place in Hong Kong in 2020.
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