The expansion of sanctions imposed on Nicaragua was announced yesterday Monday by the United States government and the European Union, seeing more and more authoritarianism in what they call the regime of President Daniel Ortega.
The EU blacklist included seven natural and three legal persons. Brussels said in a press release that the decision was due to “serious human rights abuses, including the suppression of civil society”, “fraudulent presidential and parliamentary elections” and “undermining the rule of law “in the Central American country.
European sanctions now apply to a total of 21 individuals and three legal entities linked to Daniel Ortega. The individuals targeted by the sanctions include his wife and vice-president, Rosario Mourinho.
The legal entities are the police, the institution of election organization and the telecommunications and postal services company.
Natural and legal persons are not allowed to enter, travel or operate under EU jurisdiction, and they are also freezing any resources they may have. European companies and European citizens are also not allowed to have funds.
In November, European Union foreign minister Giuseppe Borrell called the Nicaraguan government “one of the worst dictatorships in the world” and said Ortega’s re-election was illegitimate because of the repression of his political opponents.
The EU imposed sanctions on Managua initially in 2019, due to the deteriorating political and social situation. In May 2020, six people were fined.
For their part, the US Treasury Department and the State Department announced new sanctions. The first targeted the orte’s new defense minister, Rosa Adelina Baraona de Rivas, two armed forces officers and four top public officials. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it has taken the necessary measures to ban the entry of 116 executives of various institutions and authorities of Nicaragua.
US President Joe Biden has barred virtually all members of the Nicaraguan government from entering the United States in November.
The sanctions were announced on the day of the swearing-in of 76-year-old Ortega and the start of his fourth term in office, following the unbeaten victory of the former Sandinista guerrilla leader who overthrew the Somosa dictatorship in the November presidential election. for Mr Biden.
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