WASHINGTON _ Several member nations of the U.N., including Russia and China, tried Tuesday to block an effort by the Trump administration to push the U.N. Security Council to confront the deadly violence that has consumed Nicaragua and left more than 300 dead.
The governments of Bolivia, China and Russia are leading the opposition against U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is seeking to use her first meeting as this month's president of the 15-nation U.N. Security Council to warn the international community that the region could face economic, immigration and security consequences if steps are not taken to stop Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian rule.
Haley opened to the public a normally closed meeting at which the Security Council sets the agenda for the next day's full meeting. Bolivia's representative to the U.N., Sacha Llorenti and other members questioned the role of the Security Council in Nicaragua's sovereign affairs. Llorenti, who was also joined by five other members, said the Security Council should restrict its work to "cases that threaten international peace and security."
