A few days ago, Nicaragua showed goodwill to China and Russia and invited the two countries to participate in the Central American integration system. After Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov visited Central America, the Nicaraguan president was even more domineering and shouting, not afraid of US sanctions. As one of the core members of the Central American region, what are the signals of Nicaragua's latest statement?
According to CCTV news client news, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently visited Nicaragua and discussed a number of international issues with President Ortega, including human rights, internal affairs, geopolitics and development. It is worth noting that the Nicaraguan president also domineered the United States in public and was not afraid of US sanctions.
According to Nicaraguan media, when Lavrov visited Nicaragua, the United States sanctioned three judges in Nicaragua, and the Nicaraguan president was not impressed by this, and said that the US sanctions did not have much effect. Because they have been sanctioned by the United States for hundreds of people before, the new sanctions issued by the United States are just "commonplace" and cannot pose much threat at all.
In addition to the domineering response to the US sanctions, Nicaragua also showed goodwill to China and Russia at the same time. According to CCTV News on April 17, Nicaraguan President Ortega asked to kick Taiwan out of the "Central American Integration System", and then invited China and Russia to enter it as observers. This proposal is undoubtedly in the interests of China, Russia and Nepal.
First of all, the accession of China and Russia can give Nicaragua and other Central American countries more room for development. In the past, Nicaragua in Central America has been constrained by the United States. The latter has always controlled this "back garden" by its great strength, and the small country of Nicaragua has always been difficult to develop. The United States, relying on its hegemony, has carried out many activities of dumping goods and plundering of resources, which have undoubtedly caused Nicaragua to suffer.
What is most unacceptable to Nicaragua is that even if they properly try these illegal activities, they will be pressured by the United States. And the reason why the United States condones its own political prisoners to grow barbarically in Nicaragua is, to put it bluntly, for the sake of profit. Many unscrupulous businessmen from the United States have violated Nicaragua's sovereignty and used various loopholes to illegally mine and monopolize it, which has left Nicaragua in a chaotic and backward environment, and its development space has been controlled by the United States.
This situation is not only the case in Nicaragua alone, but in the entire six countries of the Central American Integration System. Now Nicaragua has invited two major countries, China and Russia, to join this system, which can undoubtedly greatly contain the power of the United States, and then put itself on a more stable development track, which has the same significance for the other five countries.
Second, inviting China and Russia to enter the Central American region also has strategic significance for each of them. For Nicaragua and other Central American countries, the accession of China and Russia undoubtedly brings more opportunities and choices, which is conducive to breaking US sanctions and hegemony. For both China and Russia, it is also significant for them to win over members of the region.
Russia's strengthening of cooperation with Nicaragua and other countries has undoubtedly shaken the status of the United States in its "back garden", which has brought more urgent pressure to the United States, which is also conducive to sharing the pressure of the current Russian-Ukrainian war. If it is operated in the long run, Russia's influence in the region can also deter the United States nearby.
The same is true for China, which can not only take the opportunity to expand our influence in the region, deter and contain the United States, but also further promote the realization of the great cause of the motherland's reunification. Nicaragua's invitation to China to join the region means that its so-called "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan have collapsed, and the cause of the motherland's reunification will once again add a force from the international community.
Finally, U.S. influence in Central America is declining. The Nicaraguan president's statement undoubtedly greatly slapped the United States, because it completely ignored the attitude of the United States, feared the sanctions of the United States, and resolutely strengthened cooperation with Russia, and also expressed its sincerity to China. This series of statements and responses reflects the decline of US influence in the region.
The purpose of US hegemony is to absorb various economic interests, and in order to maximize its interests, it often fanned the flames in various places and wantonly incited geopolitical contradictions, thereby creating conditions for its own resource plunder and arms sales. In addition to the manipulation of public opinion, the realization of all this is also the blessing of geographical location, in order to ensure its own stability, the United States will try to control the "back garden" of Central America. It is not uncommon to manipulate small countries in the region in a hegemonic way, plunder resources and subvert local regimes, and Nicaragua's open invitation to China and Russia to join in this undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the hegemony of the United States in the region.