Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Gustavo Eduardo PORRAS CORTES

Nationality

Nicaragua

DoB

1954-10-11

Official reason

Gustavo Eduardo Porras Cortes (Porras) is designated for being a current official of the Government of Nicaragua and for being the President of the Nicaraguan National Assembly (NNA), an entity that has enacted significant actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Nicaragua, pursuant to E.O. 13851 and NHRAA.  Porras...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm715

Date of listing

2019-06-21

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Nicaragua Investment Conditionality Act of 2018, Public Law 115-335, as amended, (formerly named Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018)

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Nicaragua

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2581

Official Information

Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018 This bill imposes restrictions and sanctions on institutions and individuals responsible for the Nicaraguan government's violence and infringement of the civil rights of protesters. The Department of the Treasury shall take action to restrict international financial institutions, including tho...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/933156/download?inline