EU Foreign Policy high representative, Josep Borrell said EU is responding to the spiraling repression in Nicaragua following arrests of presidential candidates
The 27 countries of the European Union imposed new sanctions against eight Nicaraguan leaders responsible for the deterioration of democracy in the country's institutions and for repression against the opposition. The list includes the Nicaraguan vice president and First Lady, Rosario Murillo. Juan Carlos Ortega head of the official television channel, the chief of Police, and the president of the National Assembly.
The individual restrictions punish those responsible for very serious human rights violations or actions that undermine democracy and the rule of the Law in Nicaragua, pointed out the EU Council in a release.