Nicaragua expels Red Cross representative without giving reason

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Nicaraguan Red Cross carry packed food to be distributed to the victims of Hurricane Iota, at their headquarters in Managua, Nicaragua November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaragua has expelled a top representative from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) without giving any reasoning, the humanitarian group said on Friday.

The expulsion comes days after a similar decision in which Nicaragua ordered Vatican ambassador Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag to leave, which the Holy See called "incomprehensible."