- October 16, 2024
- 12:00 am
- World News
Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega, long known for his authoritarianism and provocative statements, decided to go even further, calling Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are “spawn of the devil and Hitler”.
Writes about this on October 15, 2024 Politico Citing Nicaraguan media, Ortega made the comments Monday during a televised address at an event honoring the country's police force.
He uttered these words during his latest anti-Western speech, which included wild accusations against the two leaders and repeated well-known Kremlin narratives.
“The Israeli government is headed by a prime minister who is a creature of the devil. Why? Because he pursues a policy of terror and is (Adolf) Hitler. The Prime Minister of Israel is Hitler… just like the President of Ukraine is another Nazi, another son of Hitler who wants to involve NATO in the war against the Russian Federation“- said the President of Nicaragua.
Such statements are especially absurd given that Ukraine is fighting against Russian aggression, and Israel is fighting terrorist threats that have nothing to do with the historical horrors of Nazism. Ortega probably decided to play on these parallels to strengthen his propaganda, but his words only demonstrate political incompetence and a willingness to use any, no matter how absurd, arguments to maintain his close ties with Moscow.
Close ties between Nicaragua and Russia, which date back to the Cold War, only increase doubts about Ortega's sincerity. In 1979, the USSR actively supported Ortega and his revolutionaries in overthrowing the country's previous government, and their relationship has remained strong since then.
Against this background, history repeats itself: both the Kremlin and Nicaragua are trying to justify aggressive actions against Ukraine through speculation about “Nazism.”
Ortega openly opposes Ukraine, supports Russian aggression, and continues to promote the false narrative that the Ukrainian government is filled with Nazis.
“The President of Ukraine wants to involve NATO in the war against the Russian Federation,”
– Ortega claims, while ignoring the real facts and circumstances of the conflict.
Nicaragua, one of the first countries to recognize Palestinian statehood in 1988, recently severed diplomatic relations with Israel. calling Netanyahu's government “fascist” and “genocidal”.
The move shows how far Ortega is willing to go in his attempts to isolate the country internationally and increase Russian influence in Latin America. This behavior and open support for dictators and authoritarian regimes demonstrate that Ortega is not only willing to repeat absurd and dangerous accusations, but also to use them as a tool of pressure in his foreign policy.
Such attacks by Ortega are not new in international politics, especially among politicians prone to dictatorship and manipulation. In the past, dictators such as Ortega have used accusations of Nazism and “fascism” as a rhetorical device to intimidate their opponents and suppress dissent. This method has long ceased to be convincing to the international community, but in the case of Nicaragua it shows how deeply dependent the Ortega government is on the support of Russia and its narratives.
Ortega's words that “the Israeli government is led by a prime minister who is the spawn of the devil” further highlight his tendency to use the most ridiculous comparisons and historical analogies that say little about the real political situation. Ortega, in power since 2007 and ruling his country with an iron fist, appears to be using such accusations to distract attention from his own repression and suppression of political opposition in Nicaragua.
