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EE. UU. impone más sanciones a Nicaragua por la ‘farsa electoral’ de Daniel Ortega

Departamento del Tesoro anuncia sanciones contra nueve altos cargos del régimen

Handout picture released by the Nicaraguan presidency showing Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) waving at supporters during the commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the death of one of the founders of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) guerrilla, Carlos Fonseca, in Managua, on November 8, 2021, as his wife and Vice-president Rosario Murillo (R) holds the hand of Amada Pineda, mother of FSLN activist Francisco Arauz Pineda who died during the 2018 unrest. - Nicaragua's longtime leader Daniel Ortega faced a torrent of international criticism after he won a fourth straight presidential term on November 7, 2021 in what critics described as a "farce" election with his political opponents jailed or exiled. (Photo by Cesar PEREZ / Nicaraguan Presidency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NICARAGUAN PRESIDENCY / CESAR PEREZ" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Handout picture released by the Nicaraguan presidency showing Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) waving at supporters during the commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the death of one of the founders of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) guerrilla, Carlos Fonseca, in Managua, on November 8, 2021, as his wife and Vice-president Rosario Murillo (R) holds the hand of Amada Pineda, mother of FSLN activist Francisco Arauz Pineda who died during the 2018 unrest. - Nicaragua's longtime leader Daniel Ortega faced a torrent of international criticism after he won a fourth straight presidential term on November 7, 2021 in what critics described as a "farce" election with his political opponents jailed or exiled. (Photo by Cesar PEREZ / Nicaraguan Presidency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NICARAGUAN PRESIDENCY / CESAR PEREZ" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS CESAR PEREZ

Washington. Estados Unidos impuso este lunes sanciones a la Fiscalía y a varios altos cargos del régimen en Nicaragua en respuesta “a la farsa” electoral y como “mensaje inequívoco” para el presidente Daniel Ortega y la vicepresidenta Rosario Murillo. El Departamento del Tesoro anunció sanciones contra el Ministerio Público y nueve altos cargos del gobierno, entre ellos el ministro de Energía y Minas, Salvador Mansell Castrillo, y varios alcaldes, a los que acusa de estar implicados en la represión de manifestaciones pacíficas en 2018.

Las sanciones son en represalia por “la farsa de elecciones nacionales orquestadas” por Ortega y Murillo y van dirigidas “contra quienes están reprimiendo a los nicaragüenses por ejercer sus derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales”, indicó el Tesoro en un comunicado. En el poder desde el 2007, Ortega obtuvo el 7 de noviembre un cuarto mandato consecutivo en unos comicios en los que no tuvo rivales de peso, debido a que siete aspirantes presidenciales de la oposición fueron detenidos y tres de sus partidos ilegalizados.

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