Nicaragua recognizes independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia/ Nicaragua reconoce independencia de Osetia del Sur y Abjasia y apoya a Rusia

Nicaragua has recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia, backing the Russian stance on the breakaway Georgian regions and siding with other leftist Latin American countries to defy Washington. The Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader who had close ties to Moscow during the Cold War, has criticized the Georgian attempt to regain control of South Ossetia and supported the counterattack by Russia. Venezuela and Cuba have sided with Russia in the dispute, but Ortega went further in fully recognizing the regions' independence ( full information)/ El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, reconoció la independencia de las repúblicas separatistas georgianas de Osetia y Abjasia --luego de que lo hiciera Rusia y desencadenara la condena mundial-- durante un acto del ejército nicaragüense en el que también apoyó a Moscú ( información completa)