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EU ambassador leaves Nicaragua in week of diplomatic tensions

FILE PHOTO: A view of the facade of the European Union delegation after the Nicaraguan government declared the European Union's ambassador to the country a "persona non grata" and ordered her expulsion from the country, in Managua, Nicaragua September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Maynor Valenzuela/File Photo

European Union Ambassador Bettina Muscheidt left Nicaragua on Saturday, just three days after being declared "persona non grata" by the government of President Daniel Ortega, in a week of tensions with the international community.

Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada verbally notified Muscheidt that she should leave the country after the EU delegation demanded freedom for "political prisoners" at the United Nations General Assembly last week.

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