Last Updated: January 19, 2026
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINES
Address
Barrio Largaespada, Hospital Bautista 1c Oeste 1c Norte, Managua, Nicaragua
Official reason
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Nicaraguan mining authority General Directorate of Mines (DGM) as well as one official of the Government of Nicaragua, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13851. DGM is a subordinate office within the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and Mines (...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1046
Date of listing
2022-10-24
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018 Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Nicaragua
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2581
Official Information
On November 27, 2018, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order 13851 (83 FR 61505, November 29, 2018) (E.O. 13851). In E.O. 13851, the President determined that the situation in Nicaragua, including the violent response by the Governme...
Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/04/2019-19049/nicaragua-sanctions-regulations