Nicaragua Names D’Escoto Deputy Representative to UN
A former Nicaraguan foreign minister who was expected to become Libya’s envoy to the United Nations will instead become Nicaragua’s deputy representative to the United Nations.
It had been reported earlier this week that Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann would be designated to represent Libya at the U.N., but Friday, Nicaragua’s government named D’Escoto as the Latin American country’s deputy ambassador to the world body.
The latest announcement follows the defection of officials from the government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
It is not clear when D’Escoto would present his credentials to the U.N.
D’Escoto previously served as president of the U.N. General Assembly. D’Escoto was Nicaragua’s foreign minister during the country’s leftist Sandinista administration.
He was born in Los Angeles, California, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.