Back in August, it was revealed that a base located in southern Nicaragua had emerged as a significant center for Russian espionage, with its primary function widely believed to be monitoring communications across the country, especially in the local U.S. Embassy. It was the latest escalation in a strained relationship between the Biden Administration and Daniel Ortega's regime that has led to more than 100 political prisoners in the Central American nation.
Ortega himself has been a staunch critic of the U.S. for years and accused the country of backing 2018 protests in the country which left more than 300 dead and prompted the government to close over 5,000 NGOs and pass a law against those "undermining" the regime from abroad.
