Bilateral relations between Brazil and Nicaragua have included economic and educational projects undertaken together, and, under Brazil's president Lula, an effort to soften OAS criticism of Nicaragua’s government.

[2] In September 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro offered refuge in Brazil, the world's largest majority-Catholic nation, to Catholic clerics who he said had endured "cruel persecution" by the leftist leadership in Nicaragua.

[3] In June 2023, at an Organization of American States summit, Brazilian president Lula tried to soften OAS criticism of Nicaragua’s government, which was accused of repression and of violations of human rights and property rights.

[4][5][6][7] Nicaragua's former ambassador to the OAS, Arturo McFields, said that the proposed softening was "shameful", and that "President Lula is lying and telling another story that never existed in Nicaragua".

This was conducted virtually through the Open University Online of Nicaragua.