US EditionUS imposes sanctions on Nicaragua's attorney general
- The US sanctions Nicaragua's attorney general for participating in unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society.
- President Ortega deported 222 political prisoners to the US, declaring them traitors.
- Rights groups state that Nicaraguan authorities have imprisoned hundreds of real or imagined opponents since 2018 protests.
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US sanctions Nicaragua attorney general
The US announced sanctions on Thursday against Nicaraguan Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, accusing her of assisting the “ruthless oppression of peaceful opposition members” in the country. The Treasury Department dubbed Morales Urbina a “key actor in the Nicaraguan regime’s unjust persecution of political prisoners,” according to a press release announcing its sanction. Morales…
US imposes sanctions on Nicaragua’s attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday sanctioned Nicaragua’s attorney general for her role in the government’s “unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society,” the U.S. Treasury Department said. Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, who has been the country’s attorney general since 2019, “has exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent by seizing property from government political oppon…
US imposes sanctions on Nicaragua's attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday sanctioned Nicaragua's attorney general for her role in the government's "unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society," the U.S. Treasury Department said. Read full story
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US imposes sanctions on Nicaragua's attorney general
US imposes sanctions on Nicaragua's attorney general The United States on Thursday sanctioned Nicaragua's attorney general for her role in the government's "unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society," the U.S. Treasury Department said.Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, who has been the country's attorney general since 2019, "has exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent by seizing property from…
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