NICARAGUA-TAIWAN-NAVY

Nicaraguan soldiers stand guard beside the three Taiwanese Navy warships, docked at the Corinto port in Nicaragua, some 149 kilometers northwest of Managua, on April 9, 2018. - A Taiwanese navy flotilla docked in Nicaragua on Monday in a high-profile visit highlighting ties with Central America and the Caribbean that are shrinking as China presses countries in the region to drop diplomatic relations. The three vessels -- described as being on a training mission -- powered into Corinto, a port town on Nicaragua's Pacific coast, in a visit "to strengthen the ties of friendship," Nicaraguan officials and Taiwanese diplomats said. (Photo by INTI OCON / AFP) (Photo by INTI OCON/AFP via Getty Images)