EXPLAINER: Why did China woo away Nicaragua from Taiwan?

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In its announcement, Nicaragua gave no formal reason for the latest change.

with Taiwan and recognize China leaves the self-governing island democracy with just 14 diplomatic allies.

Yet, the loss of formal allies further constrains the Taiwanese leadership’s ability to make state visits abroad and feeds into Beijing’s narrative that Taiwan is losing the diplomatic battle and will eventually be forced to accept the inevitable outcome of political union with the People’s Republic of China.

The fact that Nicaragua maintained ties with Taiwan at all after Ortega's return to power following the 2006 election was a surprise to many. After taking office for the first time in 1979, the Marxist-Leninist Ortega switched ties to Beijing, only for relations with Taipei to be restored after Violeta Chamorro defeated him in the 1990 presidential election.

 

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