The United States, “disappointed” by Argentina for its abstention in the condemnation by the OAS of Nicaragua

Washington DC – The United States today expressed its “disappointment” vis-à-vis Argentina after the abstention vote in the condemnation of Nicaragua pushed by Washington within the Organization of American States (OAS).

“We were disappointed that Argentina did not join the 26 member states that voted for the OAS resolution on Nicaragua,” he said. Infobae an official of the State Department. “But we welcome their efforts to urge Nicaragua to release political prisoners and promote free and fair elections,” added the source from the US Department of Foreign Affairs.

On Tuesday, Argentina refrained from condemning the human rights violations committed by the Sandinista dictatorship during the processing of a draft resolution at the Organization of American States (OAS). The sentence has been approved by 26 countries, including the United States, Chile, Colombia and Peru. They voted against Nicaragua, Bolivia and San Vicente.

La Casa Rosada shared its abstention vote with Belize, Dominica, Honduras and Mexico. And yet, as happened at the UN with its stance on Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel, Argentina was left out of its Mercosur partners: Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay condemned the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo.

The “disappointment” of the United States with Argentina is made public in full tour of Sergio Massa, president of the Chamber of Deputies, through Washington and New York. Massa was at the State Department this morning for a meeting with senior agency officials. As he knew InfobaeAt the meeting, before the vote at the OAS, Massa was informed that the United States was waiting for Argentina’s accompaniment to condemn Nicaragua.

“We have underlined our desire to continue to build on the history of cooperation between the United States and Argentina in the promotion of human rights and democracy,” said the senior official.

Argentina’s position was already clearly different from that of the United States regarding the Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela. Thus, the government of Alberto Fernández had to compensate for the United States’ understanding of this divergence and join the overwhelming regional majority that condemned the Ortega regime in Nicaragua. This was not the case.

Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá referred to the principle of “non-interference in the internal affairs” of other countries to justify the abstention. A position that is not understood in Washington. The State Department had already warned last week before Infobae I expected Argentina to take a consistent position on human rights: “(There is) something important: the protection and promotion of human rights in the Americas is what continues to guide our policy and our relationship with Argentina ”.

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