On January 10th, Daniel Ortega will be inaugurated as president of Nicaragua.
Ortega will remain for five more years in office after winning the election in November 2016.
The Foreign Ministry confirmed that Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís will not attend the event nor will he appoint any authority from the country to represent him.
The only thing that would be considered is the presence of the Costa Rican ambassador to Nicaragua, Mr. Eduardo Trejos.
The press questioned whether the absence lies in the tumultuous diplomatic relations between the two countries, but the argument is that “attendance from other countries is not compulsory.”
Recently, Solís also skipped a trip to Managua for the transfer of the presidency of the Central American Integration System (SICA), alleging that he sent a representation of the highest level with the vice president of the Republic, Helio Fallas.
Both nations have a distant relationship since the international trial won by Costa Rica accusing Nicaragua of invading Isla Calero.
In the midst of this controversy, a delegation of legislators, led by the vice president of the Congress, José Alfaro, was questioned for traveling to Managua with funds from Nicaragua.
The Foreign Ministry believed the visit was inconvenient, but lawmakers did not heed the call.
Last December, the President conditioned the approach that Ortega intends to pay compensation for environmental damage caused in Isla Portillos, and the withdrawal of soldiers in national territory.