US EditionUS Sanctions 5 Nicaraguan Officials, Accuses Regime of Repression
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By Anabella González, CNN en Español The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five Nicaraguan government officials on Thursday, accusing them of allegedly “facilitating the repression of the people” by the country’s co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Washington announced on February 26 new sanctions against five high-ranking officials of the Nicaraguan regime, accused of facilitating political repression and consolidating the power of the so-called 'Murillo-Ortega dictatorship'. The measure was adopted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), under the Treasury Department. Read more
The United States Presses the Heart of the Control System in Nicaragua The U.S. government announced a new round of sanctions against senior officials of the Daniel Ortega regime, in a movement that reinforces diplomatic and financial pressure on Nicaragua. The Treasury Department reported that those sanctioned are Minister Johana Vanessa Flores; the heads of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Denis Membreno and Aldo Martín Sáenz; the Deputy Direc…
Ministers and military leaders of the #Nicaragua dictatorship receive new #sanctions from the #USA.
* The U.S. has sanctioned five officials of the Ortega-Murillo regime on Thursday for repression, espionage and labor abuse. * The U.S. power has punished 52 people and some 15 entities in Nicaragua since 2017. Public file The U.S. government imposed new sanctions on five senior officials of the Nicaraguan dictatorship on Thursday, February 26. Officials are Denis Membreño Rivas and Aldo Martín Sáenz Ulloa, directors of the Financial Analysis Un…
"Since 2018, Murillo-Ortega's dictatorship has violently repressed peaceful protests, unjustly detained, tortured and killed political opponents," state department deputy spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement.
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