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The Government has proceeded to expel the Nicaraguan ambassador to Spain, Mauricio Carlo Gelli, “in strict reciprocity” for the “unfair decision” of the dictatorial regime of Daniel Ortega to expel the Spanish ambassador, Sergio Farré Salvawho had been in office for just 20 days, according to Foreign Affairs sources.
The expulsion, according to sources, was ordered this Sunday and also affects “another diplomat accredited to the Nicaraguan Embassy in Madrid in application in strict reciprocity in the face of the unjust expulsion of the ambassador and the second leadership of Spain in Nicaragua.” It is abouthe number two by Fabré, Miguel Mahiques Núñez.
From Exteriors No further details of the reasons given have been offered. by the Ortega regime, whose reelection in November 2021 was not recognized by the Spanish Government, nor has there been official notification from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry for now.
“The Government of Spain will continue working to have the best relations with the brother people of Nicaragua“, they have limited themselves to adding for now from the department headed by José Manuel Albares.
Sergio Farré Salva
Farré, a career diplomat since 2005, was appointed to the Council of Ministers on December 2 and from the Embassy’s social networks They had welcomed him on January 13, highlighting that this 2026 marks 175 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Spain and Nicaragua.
In the case of Gelli, he presented credentials to King Felipe VI in May 2023 and He was at the traditional reception last Friday for the diplomatic corps accredited in Spain offered every year by the monarch at the Royal Palace.
We welcome the new Ambassador of Spain in Nicaragua, Sergi Farré. We wish you a successful mission in Nicaragua, a country with which we celebrate 175 years of diplomatic relations! pic.twitter.com/prdT6bN5zD
— Embassy of Spain in Nicaragua (@EmbEspNicaragua) January 12, 2026
This It is not the first diplomatic crisis with the Daniel Ortega regime in recent years.
In August 2021, with Albares having just arrived at Foreign Affairs, the ambassador in Managua was called for consultations. María del Mar Fernández-Palacios, following a statement from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry in which denounced interference by Spain and the GAL or Catalonia were used to criticize the Government.
When the Executive wanted to send her back in March 2022, the Ortega regime did not give her authorization and, after a warning of reciprocity from the Foreign Office, she chose to withdraw her ambassador in Madrid.
Finally, in July of that year, the Government sent a new ambassador, Pilar María Terren, who would end up presenting his credentials to the president in February 2023, thus considering the diplomatic crisis over.