The Embassy of Nicaragua in Washington, D.C. is the

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to the

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. It is located at 1627 New Hampshire Avenue,

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, in the

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neighborhood. The embassy also operates Consulates-General in

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, and

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. Charge D'Affairs is Mauricio Lautaro Sandino Montes.

Building

Dr. Louis C. Lehr (brother of Henry Symes Lehr) and his wife, Marie, were the original occupants of the building. It was designed and built by

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in 1913–1914. Notable occupants of the building have included Norman H. Davis (while serving as Undersecretary of State),

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(while serving as Director of the U.S. Mint), Joseph H. Himes (while serving in Congress), Roy D. Chapin (while serving as Secretary of Commerce), and Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (while serving as Nicaraguan ambassador).

Services

The embassy operates several services and offices, responsible for different areas of policy and liaising with the relevant American bodies, the most notable of whom are listed below.

Chancery

The Chancery is the main diplomatic and political body. It is responsible for coordination with the American government on matters, particularly foreign policy, that affect Nicaragua, however, the majority of the diplomacy is conducted by the ambassador, leaving the chancery to liaise with the Nicaraguan government and coordinate with the Press Service in matters of public policy. The diplomats of the chancery take responsibility for a specific policy area and may stand in for the ambassador in his absence. The Chancery has attaches based in each of the five regional consulates.

Press and Communications Office

The Press Service is responsible for events, as well as coordinating press releases and conferences, including the provision of designated spokesmen. The office also monitors American press coverage of issues pertaining to Nicaragua and reports back to the ambassador and to

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The Cultural Service

The Cultural Services of the embassy is located at the embassy. Its responsibility is in facilitating "cultural exchange" between the two nations, a role that can be creative, informative or merely administrative. The duties of the service include promoting Nicaraguan creative works in cultural and academic institutions across Nicaragua, with the help of the attaches in regional consulates.

Consulates

The

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is also ultimately responsible for the five regional

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: Apart from the embassy in Washington, Nicaragua's diplomatic operations in the United States include: *a consulate general in

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(Consul General Samuel Trejos-Córdoba) *a consulate general in

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(Consul General Leopoldo Castrillo-Ramos) *a consulate general in

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(Consul General Leyla Cisneros Vega) *a consulate general in

, (Consul General María Téllez-Velásquez) *a consulate general in

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(Consul General Denis Galeano-Cornejo)

Previous Ambassadors

*1895 Horacio Guzman *1898-1909 Luis Felipe Corea *1908-1909 Pedro González *1909-1909

Rodolfo Espinosa Ramírez Rodolfo Espinosa Ramírez (1876–1944) was a Nicaraguan politician and former Vice President. He was the Vice President of Juan Bautista Sacasa from January 1933 to June 1936, when Sacasa was toppled by Somoza. Espinosa ran as the vice preside ...

*1909-1911 Chargé d'affaires Felipe Rodríguez *1911-1913 Chargé d'affaires Salvador Castrillo *1913-1917

Emiliano Chamorro Vargas Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (11 May 1871 – 26 February 1966) was a Nicaraguan military figure and politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1917 to 1 January 1921. He was a member of the Conservative Party. He lost the 192 ...

*1917-1921 Chargé d'affaires Ramon Enriquez *1921-1923

*1923-1921 Chargé d'affaires *1929-1933 Chargé d'affaires Evaristo Carazo *1933-1933 Chargé d'affaires Luis Debayle *1933-1936 Henri Debayle *1937-1943 León Debayle *1943-1979 Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Washington D.C from January 1958 to July 16, 1979) *1979-1979 Acting Chargé d'affaires Adeline Gröns-Schindler de Argüello-Olivas *1979-1980 Interim Chargé d'affaires Adeline Gröns-Schindler de Argüello-Olivas and Francisco d'Escoto Brockmann *1980-1981 Chargé d'affaires Francisco d'Escoto Brockmann *1981-1982 Arturo J. Cruz *1982-1983 Francisco Fiallos-Navarro *1983-1983 Chargé d'affaires Manuel Cordero *1983-1984 Jose Jarquin-Lopez *1984-1988 Carlos Tunnermann Bernheim *1988-1990 No ambassador diplomatic relations severed *1990-1993 Ernesto Palazio *1993-1996 Roberto Mayorga-Cortes *1997-2000 Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa *2000-2002 Alfonso Ortega Urbina *2002-2003 Carlos Ulvert-Sanchez *2003-2007 Salvador Stadthagen-Icaza *2007-2009 Arturo Cruz Sequeira *2010–present Francisco Campbell-Hooker '' Chief of Protocol''
Nicaragua

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Nicaragua–United States relations

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