The Embassy of Nicaragua in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Nicaragua's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 1627 New Hampshire Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The embassy also operates Consulates-General in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, New Orleans, Miami, and New York City.
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 Clarke Waggaman in 1913–1914. Notable occupants of the building have included Norman H. Davis (while serving as Undersecretary of State), Raymond T. Baker (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 Managua.
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 Apart from the embassy in Washington, Nicaragua's diplomatic operations in the United States include:
a consulate general in Miami a consulate general in New York City
Previous Ambassadors
1895 Horacio Guzman 1898-1909 Luis Felipe Corea 1908-1909 Pedro González 1909-1909 Rodolfo Espinosa Ramírez 1909-1911 Chargé d'affaires Felipe Rodríguez 1911-1913 Chargé d'affaires Salvador Castrillo 1913-1917 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas 1917-1921 Chargé d'affaires Ramon Enriquez 1921-1923 Emiliano Chamorro Vargas 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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