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Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, is ruling the Central American country increasingly authoritarian
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After the diplomatic break with Taiwan, Nicaragua wants to hand over the premises of its previous embassy to the People's Republic of China - much to the annoyance of Taipei.
Taiwan's government protested against the "illegal occupation of their property" and its transfer to the People's Republic, said the foreign ministry of the island democratic republic.
Worldwide there are only 14 countries that diplomatically recognize Taiwan - including small Pacific countries, Caribbean islands, states in Central America and the Vatican.
With its one-China doctrine, the communist leadership in Beijing does not allow any country to have relations with both the People's Republic and Taiwan.
Beijing regards Taiwan, which is now liberal, as part of the People's Republic and tries to isolate it internationally.
Taiwan strongly condemns, it said, that Nicaragua's government has asked for embassy staff to be withdrawn within just two weeks, by December 23.
Taiwan symbolically sold the premises of the former diplomatic mission to the Catholic Church in Nicaragua at short notice - the leadership of the Central American country arbitrarily blocked this.
The increasingly authoritarian government of Nicaragua under the former left revolutionary Daniel Ortega announced on Sunday that its commitment to Beijing's one-China doctrine meant that all Taiwan's assets in Nicaragua would be immediately credited to the People's Republic.
Nicaragua surprisingly ended diplomatic relations with Taipei in favor of Beijing on December 10th.
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