The US Treasury had already announced on Monday financial sanctions against the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Nicaragua and nine senior officials of the country
Joe Biden on Tuesday banned Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo, and a wide range of ministers and officials from the United States, in a harsh indictment proclamation against their “Attacks” on democracy.
“The repression and abuses of the Ortega government and those who support it require the United States to act”, affirms the American president in this text published after the disputed election of November 7 which renewed Daniel Ortega at the head of his country.
“I have made the decision that it is in the interests of the United States to restrict and suspend the entry into the United States” of “members of the government of Nicaragua, led by President Daniel Ortega, including his wife and vice-president Rosario Murillo ”, and all those linked to acts“ undermining the democratic institutions ”of the country, he adds.
The very long list of persona non grata also includes elected officials and members of their cabinets, mayors and their deputies accused of having “violated human rights to punish peaceful demonstrators” as well as a whole series of senior officials of the services of security, government agencies, prison services, the judiciary and the Ministry of the Interior.
Finally, the wives and children of those sanctioned are also prohibited from entering the United States.
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