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Ismael Lopez

Nicaragua says state to take over headquarters of 'deplorable' OAS

FILE PHOTO: Police officers guard the local office of the Organization of American States (OAS) closed by the Nicaragua's government after completing its withdrawal from the organization, in Managua, Nicaragua April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Maynor Valenzuela

Nicaragua said on Tuesday the state would take possession of the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Managua, two days after the Central American country exited the group and expelled some of its members.

"The attorney general's office reports that the real estate that occupied the offices of the deplorable OAS - the despicable OAS - has been declared a public utility and will be passed on to the State of Nicaragua," Vice President Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega, said at a daily news conference.

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