Managua Nicaragua blazoned Thursday it was breaking politic ties with Taiwan in favor of China, as the administration of Daniel Ortega believes there’s only one” licit government” representing Chinese interests, Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said The People’s Republic of China is the only licit government representing all of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese home,”Moncada said in a statement.
Chinese state media verified the news but offered no farther details Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its home awaiting reunification, by force if demanded China has spent decades successfully encouraging Taiwan’s politic abettors to switch sides, including three others in Latin America in recent times– Panama, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.
In the history, Taipei had fluid relations with Nicaragua, cooperating on issues similar as health and husbandry When he returned to power in 2007, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega– a former Marxist guerrilla– had expressed his stopgap to establish ties with both China and Taiwan at the same time, a conception that China would not blink.
Taiwan’s remaining abettors in Central America are Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. It has ties with a sprinkle of other countries including Haiti and Paraguay.