WASHINGTON _ The Nicaraguan foreign minister on Friday accused the United States of financing an attempted coup against President Daniel Ortega's government as the United States, Latin American allies and Canada took the "first step" to possibly suspend the Central American nation from the America's hemispheric body.
Foreign Minister Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres of the Republic of Nicaragua blasted Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro for acting as a "foreign agent" of the United States after Almagro called for a meeting of member countries to discuss suspending or sanctioning Nicaragua.
"This is the practical course of the Monroe Doctrine, which is used by the U.S. government with respect to those countries who do not submit to the Washington consensus," Moncada said. "It has been applied on Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, Syria and other African countries."
