Through a statement and with the aim of “avoiding the loss of trust and damaging diplomatic relations,” the Government of Paraguay He demanded from the United States Government the immediate evacuation of its ambassador Marc Ostfield from Paraguayan lands.
“We welcome the media coverage and politicization of administrative sanctions“That is why we are asking the American government to speed up the process of the ambassador’s departure and thus prevent the loss of trust in one person from damaging the relationship we have historically maintained,” said Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano.
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The dispute with the United States ambassador in Paraguay would have started when he announced some sanctions from the Treasury Department against a tobacco company owned by former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes.
Marc Ostfield had been summoned by Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez on Thursday morning in his office Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The diplomat provided explanations on the sanctions issued by the US Treasury against a tobacco company that gave money to former President Cartes, declared “significantly corrupt” by the State Department in 2022.
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The ambassador later stated the following:
“Any person and any company that materially helps, sponsors or provides financial, material or technological support to a sanctioned person such as Horacio Cartes, runs the risk of being sanctioned“.
These statements would have been the problem, so the Government of Paraguay ordered his departure from the country and would have asked the United States for help. to do the act as quickly as possible.
It is not yet known who could fill the vacant position left by Marc Ostfield.
(With information from AFP)
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