Ortega dismisses the Nicaraguan ambassador who accused him of being a dictator at the OAS

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Managua, 24 Mar Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega officially dismissed journalist Arturo McFields Yescas on Thursday as the country's ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), a day after the diplomatic representative denounced a “dictatorship” in his country and demanded the release of the imprisoned opponents. Through a presidential agreement, Ortega rescinded the appointment of McFields Yescas as permanent representative of the Republic of Nicaragua, with the rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to the OAS, in which he was appointed on October 26 of last year and published a day later in the Official Gazette La Gazette. “This agreement takes effect from March 23, 2022", according to the document published in the Official Journal. Instead, Ortega appointed Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker, who is also the Nicaraguan ambassador to the United States. lfp/av/dmt