OFAC SANCTIONS 6 NICARAGUAN OFFICIALS AHEAD OF ORTEGA-MURILLO INAUGURATION 

On 10 January, OFAC announced that, in conjunction with the EU, designated 6 officials of the Government of Nicaragua as President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo are due to inaugurated.  It says that the Ortega-Murillo regime continues its subjugation of democracy through effectuating sham elections, silencing peaceful opposition, and holding hundreds of people as political prisoners.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220110

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0552

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