The ROC's ambassador to Nicaragua, Antonio Tsai, bluntly argued in a briefing with Chen that Taiwan's foreign assistance to Nicaragua was being misused. According to Tsai, the assistance has been used to build a presidential palace and a new headquarters for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Opposition politicians charge that the aid has done nothing for everyday people, and Western nations have also been critical.
我駐尼加拉瓜大使蔡德三則在向總統簡報尼國政情時直言，我國對尼國的援助方式，例如：協建總統府、外交部大廈等，不僅被尼國在野黨人士批評為無益大眾民生，歐美各國亦頗有微詞。