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BRITAIN and the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Nicaragua’s socialist government on Monday, accusing it of rigging the November 7 election that gave President Daniel Ortega a fourth term of office.
Washington’s sanctions targeted nine officials of the Sandinista administration, while Boris Johnson’s government fell into line by imposing punitive measures against Vice-President Rosario Murillo, who is married to Mr Ortega.
The president denounced US officials as “Yankee imperialists” and accused them of undermining Nicaragua’s electoral process, which Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Russia and other nations have all offered to recognise.
Although the Washington-run Organisation of American States adopted a resolution last Friday, claiming that the presidential election had lacked “democratic legitimacy,” seven nations, including Mexico, Honduras and Bolivia, abstained from the vote.
US President Joe Biden claimed that Mr Ortega had organised a “pantomime” election, and US officials vowed to impose further measures.
Previous sanctions imposed by Mr Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have failed to shake Nicaragua’s left-wing government, but analysts warn that they could have a greater impact on the population.
