Cuban Ambassador in Nicaragua Decorated
Foreign Minister Samuel Santos gave Thursday the highest decoration granted by the Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Ministry to Cuban Charge D´affaires Manuel Guillot, who concludes his diplomatic mission in this country.

The order General Jose Dolores Estrada, Batalla de San Jacinto, Gran Cruz degree, was granted to the Cuban diplomat, in an agreement signed by President Daniel Ortega.

During the ceremony celebrated in the Chancellery and in presence of Sandinista Commandant Tomas Borge and the Diplomatic corps, Santos highlighted historic ties that join Nicaragua and Cuba.

Nicaraguan and Cuban peoples, despite politic changes, have always maintained a deep friendship, assured the FM, who recalled the aid provided by Cuba in health, education, culture and sports areas since 1980 to date.

Santos pointed out that Cuban solidarity even maintained during the last 16 years of right-wing governorships, and despite authorities relegated relations to Charge D´ affaires levels.

Once the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (FSLN) returned to power on January 10, one of the first measures taken by Ortega was to take diplomatic relations to ambassadors rank.