“Nicaragua, faced with the repeated meddling, interventionist and neocolonial position of the Kingdom of the Netherlands … communicates to the government of that country our decision to immediately discontinue diplomatic relations,” the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The National Assembly (Parliament) of Nicaragua, under the control of the Sandinistas, authorized this Tuesday the entry of troops, ships and aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces, at the urgent request of the country's president, Daniel Ortega, to participate in operations against crime in the Caribbean Sea and in the Nicaraguan Pacific Ocean.