Overview

• The United States has sanctioned Nicaragua’s Attorney General, Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, citing her involvement in the suppression of dissent and unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society.
• Morales Urbina is accused of facilitating a campaign to seize property from political opponents without legal basis and supporting President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo's oppression of the Nicaraguan people.
• The sanctions include freezing Morales Urbina’s assets in the US and banning US transactions with her, as part of efforts to hold anti-democratic actors and human rights abusers accountable.
• Morales Urbina played a crucial role in designating Nicaraguan opposition members as 'terrorists' and blocking their financial resources, as well as in the arbitrary shuttering of over 3,500 civil society organizations.
• The US reaffirms its support for the Nicaraguan people, continuing to oppose Ortega's government amid increasing human rights violations and the consolidation of power through repressive measures.