The Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry also reaffirmed its fraternal affection for the people of Brazil and the respect due to that nation’s institutions.

  In another text on the same subject, titled “With Bolivia, Always Moving Forward,” Managua responded to the Bolivian government and greeted the people of that nation—with whom, it noted, it has shared struggles, hopes, certainties, and victories—while prioritizing peace, well-being, and the sovereign rights of the peoples of the *Patria Grande* (Greater Homeland).

After acknowledging receipt of the note from Bolivian foreign policy institutions, Managua affirmed that each country’s political, economic, and legal decisions are its own—dignified and sovereign—and that it has never interfered in the internal affairs of other countries.

Both statements reiterate Nicaragua’s position defending non-interference and respect for state sovereignty, as well as the right of peoples to define their own political, economic, legal, and institutional processes.

In recent days, Nicaragua has rejected interventionist statements from several countries in the region—including Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Chile—prompted by a speech given by Co-President Daniel Ortega. In that speech, he addressed the topic of elections in this Central American nation, but his remarks were misrepresented by international media.

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