No menu items!

COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER

HomeTopicsLatin AmericaUS Restricts 100+ Nicaraguan Officials Over Rights Abuses

US Restricts 100+ Nicaraguan Officials Over Rights Abuses

The United States restricted visas on Friday to more than 100 Nicaraguan municipal officials for “their role” in the government of President Daniel Ortega, the State Department reported.

Washington considers Ortega’s 2021 re-election fraudulent and reproaches him for a wave of detentions against opponents, many of whom remain in prison, were forced into exile and were stripped of their nationality.

In addition, the government of Ortega and his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo has banned thousands of NGOs and lately has intensified persecution of the Catholic Church.

In a statement, the State Department reported that it has imposed “visa restrictions on more than 100 Nicaraguan municipal officials for their role in the Ortega-Murillo government.”

President Joe Biden’s government accuses Managua of continuing to “participate in a repressive campaign that silences civil society and unjustly detains brave people for exercising their fundamental freedoms.”

Nicaragua is under US sanctions for the repression of the 2018 protests against Ortega, in power since 2007 and successively re-elected in elections called into question by the international community.

In the statement, the United States promises to continue working internationally so that “those who threaten democracy” in the Central American country are held accountable.

Trending Now

Emmy-winning Salvadoran Journalist Deported from US

Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara said Friday he was deported from the United States for reporting on the unjust arrests of migrants under President Donald...

Back North from Costa Rica: An Expat’s Culture Shock

I am presently away from Costa Rica. I am in a foreign country. I was born here, but it is now a different place...

Tragic Blaze at Hotel Oriente Kills Five in Costa Rica Capital

A tragic fire ripped through the Hotel Oriente in central San Jose early this morning, leaving five people dead and sparking questions about building...

Costa Rica Landslide Tragedy as Family Buried Alive

Heavy rains triggered a deadly landslide in Piedades Sur, San Ramón, Alajuela, late Saturday night, burying a family home and killing two adults and...

Compassion in Costa Rica: Tales from The Bribri and The Bridge

The book The Bribri and The Bridge: Tales from Life with the Indigenous People of Costa Rica is both a celebration and a portrait of...

Costa Rica Court Orders Urgent Regulation of Tuna Fishing Law

Costa Rica's Constitutional Court has stepped in to push the government on a long-delayed tuna fishing law. The court partially backed an appeal from...
spot_img
Costa Rica Coffee Maker Chorreador
Costa Rica Coffee Maker Chorreador
Costa Rica Travel Insurance
Costa Rica Rocking Chait
Costa Rica Travel

Latest News from Costa Rica