Biden Signs Nicaragua Sanctions Bill
President Joe Biden on Nov. 10 signed a bill into law that will impose additional sanctions against the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua. The legislation would require the Biden administration to examine whether sanctions are sufficiently applied to government officials…
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and businesses that are “obstructing the establishment of conditions necessary for the realization of free, fair, and transparent elections” in Nicaragua. It also encourages the administration to work more closely with other countries on coordinated Nicaragua sanctions and adds Nicaragua to a list of countries subject to certain corruption-related sanctions. Lawmakers have previously called on the U.S. to impose more sanctions against the Ortega regime (see 2111090012).