The British Foreign Office specified that this means that those sanctioned will be prohibited from entering the United Kingdom.
The United States announced this Monday more sanctions against Nicaragua in response “to the farce of national elections orchestrated by President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo.”
In detail, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the Nicaraguan Public Ministry and nine senior government officials, including the Vice Minister of Finance, José Adrián Chavarria Montenegro; the Minister of Energy and Mines, Salvador Mansell Castrillo; and several mayors, whom he accuses of being involved in the repression of peaceful demonstrations in 2018.
Ortega’s government “deprives Nicaraguans of the right to vote”
“The Ortega regime is using laws and institutions to detain members of the political opposition and deprive Nicaraguans of the right to vote,” said Andrea M. Gacki, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
“The United States is sending an unequivocal message to President Ortega, Vice President Murillo and their narrow circle that we support the Nicaraguan people in their calls for reform and a return to democracy,” he adds.
The new punishment measures involve the blocking of all properties and possible assets of these people in the United States.
The United Kingdom also imposes sanctions on the Nicaraguan regime
On the other hand, the United Kingdom announced this Monday sanctions against eight senior Nicaraguan government officials, including Vice President and First Lady Rosario Murillo, for their role in the repression and other irregularities committed in the presidential elections on November 7.
In a statement, the British Foreign Ministry specified that this means that those sanctioned will be prohibited from entering the United Kingdom and their assets in this territory will be frozen.
In addition to Murillo, the president of the National Assembly, Gustavo Porras; and the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Alba Luz Ramos; and the attorney general Ana Julia Guido, among others. (I)
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