A almost fifty-year-long thread connects Aldo Moro's kidnapping in 1978, one of the most dramatic events of Italy's terrorism era, to a sudden worldwide diplomatic crisis. The Nicaraguan government informed Rome of the end of bilateral diplomatic relations. The Managua rupture was prompted by the firm stance of Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who, during the EPP summit in Madrid, characterized Daniel Ortega's government as "extremist" and accused it of shielding Alessio Casimirri, a former Red Brigades terrorist who was sentenced to six life sentences for the Via Fani massacre and the kidnapping of the Christian Democrat leader. To comprehend the uniqueness of the matter, consider that Casimirri has lived peacefully in Nicaragua since 1983, where he earned citizenship and even owns a restaurant, all protected by a local constitution that prevents the extradition of its citizens. This protection is an open and painful wound for Rome. Despite the Sandinista government's reaction, Tajani reaffirmed Italy's demand for one of Moro's assassins to serve his sentence, escalating a domestic legal case into an international conflict over democratic values and the memory of terrorist victims.