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Weekly Report - 19 December 2019 (WR-19-50)
NICARAGUA: US strikes again at Ortega’s inner circle
President Daniel Ortega’s son Rafael has become the third Ortega family member to be blacklisted by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The sanctions, which were also directed at three companies owned or controlled by the Ortega family, are the US government’s latest attempt to pressure the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) administration to end its crackdown of government opponents which began in April 2018. While providing a fillip to the opposition, these efforts have yet to have their desired effect, serving instead to harden the Ortega government’s resolve.
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