Nicaragua's communist dictator Daniel Ortega called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanuayu “Hitler” and accused him of being the “son of the devil” on Monday night, days after severing diplomatic relations with Israel.
Although the Ortega government maintains close ties with other authoritarian regimes such as Iran, China, and Russia, broken It partnered with the “fascist and genocidal Israeli government” on Friday in response to Israel's continued self-defense operation against the jihadist group Hamas. Nicaragua joined the authoritarian regimes of far-left governments in Cuba, Venezuela, and other regions. Columbia It took similar actions against Israel after committing atrocities such as Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which massacred an estimated 1,200 people.
The dictator's decision was based on a “request” from the Nicaraguan National Assembly, which he controls. reportedly Diplomatic officials from Mexico, Cuba, Russia and the Palestinian Authority were among the guests, and on Friday a motion was passed calling on Ortega to sever ties with Israel. The parliamentary motion described Israel as an “enemy of humanity” and accused it of “endangering world peace” through its alleged “collusion and logistics and military support of North American and European empires.”
Friday's decision is third President Ortega first ordered Nicaragua to sever ties with Israel in 1982 during the Sandinista revolution, and again in 2010. The two countries restored relations in March 2017, but Israel did not maintain an ambassador in Managua.
Three days later, on Monday evening, Ortega attacked Netanyahu and Israel's actions during an official event commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Nicaraguan police force, comparing them to those of Adolf Hitler during the Nazi Germany era. The communist dictator, a close ally of Russia,
Shortly after, he also used the opportunity to slam Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Mr. Zelensky, like Mr. Netanyahu, is Jewish.
“At the head of the Israeli government we have a prime minister who is the son of the devil, because he actually carries out a policy of terrorism and he is Hitler,” Ortega said. said in his speech.
“He is Hitler, yes, the prime minister of Israel is Hitler, who was put there to seek the destruction of his people,” he continued. He also accused Zelensky of being “another Nazi and Hitler's son who is trying to force NATO to go to war with the Russian Federation.”
Ortega also accused the United States and European countries of “using” and arming Israel to lead the globe into “total war” and to end Israel's self-imposed suppression campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. called on them to “fight.'' “Genocide.”
“Where imperialists rise, where coup plotters rise, where fascists rise, they feel that the battle has already been won and they express that,” Ortega said.
“We cannot be calm because peace and stability makes us selfish. We have to fight, we have to fight to end this genocide that is taking place,” he continued elsewhere in the speech.
Ortega also thanked Cuba, Venezuela, China and Russia for their “cooperation and conditional solidarity” with the regime. With Mr. Ortega's patronage, China has gained significant control over the country. gold and other resources, plus lending Funds continue to flow to Nicaragua for infrastructure projects under the predatory Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) debt trap program.
Russia provided the Sandinista government with direct training to police officers on how to crack down on dissidents after a 2018 outbreak of anti-communist protests in the country. Russia also reportedly It turned a military base in Nicaragua into one of the region's main spy centers, run by Russians and under the guard of Nicaraguan authorities.
“While Nicaragua is achieving better peace terms, it is not forgetting those who have been killed and suffering as well as the Palestinian people,” Ortega said.
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
