Nicaragua: Trump Declares the Ortega Regime a Threat to National Security

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Nicaragua: Trump Declares the Ortega Regime a Threat to National Security
The Ortega regime in Nicaragua will face tough sanctions as the political and security situations there deteriorate.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSCENTRAL AMERICA
By Mamela Fiallo  Last Updated Nov 28, 2018

On Tuesday, November 27, Donald Trump declared, through an executive order, a national emergency in regard “to dealing with this threat,” as he deemed the Nicaraguan regime, led by Daniel Ortega and his wife, and vice president, Rosario Murillo .
 
“The situation in Nicaragua constitutes an extraordinary and unusual threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” Trump said.

According to the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (ANPDH), mass protests against the regime have resulted in the murder and death by excessive force of 535 opponents by security forces loyal to the Ortega-Murillo government.

Read more at: https://panampost.com/mamela-fiallo/2018/11/28/nicaragua-trump-declares-the-ortega-regime-a-threat-to-national-security/