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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (right) and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo in Managua in 2018.
Nicaragua s regime-run legislature ends its session this week after passing laws that critics say bury human and political rights in advance of next year s election.
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it may apply more sanctions pressure on Nicaragua’s authoritarian regime. But many in South Florida are losing hope for any democratic restoration there.
This week Nicaragua’s National Assembly ended its session after passing a raft of draconian legislation that critics call further blows to human and political rights. One, the Foreign Agents Law, would bar any person or group who receives foreign funding from taking part in Nicaraguan politics a rule expected to greatly hamstring the country s opposition and make it a bigger target for regime harassment.