Samuel Santos López
Encyclopedia
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
n politician, currently the Minister of Foreign Affairs, appointed to the post on January 10, 2007. He is also currently a director of the Bolsa de Valores de Nicaragua
Bolsa de Valores de Nicaragua
Bolsa de Valores de Nicaragua was created in 1994 and is the only stock exchange operating in Nicaragua.-Background:...
(Stock Exchange of Nicaragua).
Santos Lopez was born in Managua
Managua
Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...
, Nicaragua, to Samuel Santos-Fernandez and Lucila Lopez-Bermudez.
He served as mayor of Managua, participating in a debate with New York City Mayor Ed Koch
Ed Koch
Edward Irving "Ed" Koch is an American lawyer, politician, and political commentator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989...
in 1984.
He is a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish...
, and is involved with a number of businesses and organisations.
During his tenure as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Santos López has been involved in a maritime border dispute with Colombia.
On 13 April 2010, Santos López was awarded the Order of Friendship by President of South Ossetia
President of South Ossetia
The President of the Republic of South Ossetia is the de facto head of state of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia that is de jure part of Georgia...
Eduard Kokoity
Eduard Kokoity
Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoity is the de facto President of South Ossetia.-Early life:Eduard Kokoity was born on 31 October 1964 in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian SSR, a part of the Soviet Union at the time. Kokoity was a member, and champion, of the Soviet Union's national wrestling team...
, "For a great contribution to the development of friendly relations among the nations, and actively support the independence of South Ossetia, and strengthening its international authority". Nicaragua was one of the first countries to recognize South Ossetia
South Ossetia
South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....
n independence.