WASHINGTON _ Russia pushed back against U.S. attempts Wednesday to rally the U.N. Security Council against Nicaragua, with Russia's ambassador to the U.N. accusing the Trump administration of resuming "colonial traditions" in its call for more robust international oversight of the Central American nation.
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the new president this month for the Security Council, used the sessions to call on the Security Council to confront the deadly violence that has left 300 people dead in Nicaragua. But Russia and other supporters of Nicaragua accused the council of meddling in the affairs of a sovereign nation.
Russia's ambassador to the U.N., Vassily Nebenzia, said the United States may want people to think it cares about Nicaragua, but is merely deploying "subversive policies" toward Managua that date back 30 years.
