US EditionUS officials to investigate labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua
- The Biden administration is investigating labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, opening an investigation led by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, according to a U.S. official
- The investigation is in response to growing concerns over President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian rule
- The investigation is significant as it shows the U.S.
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Nicaragua rights organization says hundreds of political prisoners subjected to torture and crimes against humanity
The Nicaraguan Human Rights Collective “Never Again” reported on Tuesday that at least 229 individuals detained in the country for political reasons have endured various forms of torture and other acts that could be classified as “crimes against humanity” over the past seven years. The report highlights allegations of physical and psychological torture, arbitrary detention, forced disappearances, and other severe human rights violations committe…
When it is just over a month before he leaves the White House, President Joe Biden has launched what could be classified as his administration’s latest measure of pressure against the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo: the opening of an investigation through the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) for “the acts, policies and practices of Nicaragua related to labor rights, human rights and the rule of law.”
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolThe U.S. government began an investigation into labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, affecting relations with a country with which it has a free trade agreement amid growing concerns for President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian government.
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