Nicaragua

1957-01-05

Nicaragua

A0008826, Passport; 2810501570012H, National ID No.

Edwin Ramon Castro Rivera (Castro) was designated for being an official of the Government of Nicaragua or having served as an official of the Government of Nicaragua at any time on or after January 10, 2007.  Castro is a deputy of the NNA and a member of the Special Commission on Electoral Affairs.  On May 4, 2021, the NNA passed controversial reforms to the electoral law.  The reforms failed to incorporate the October 2020 Organization of American States resolution that called for electoral reforms necessary to hold a free, fair, and transparent election in November 2021.  The reforms institutionalize repressive laws that enable the government to restrict political parties from participating in the upcoming election and provide no provisions for international electoral observation.  The NNA, of which Castro is a deputy, also appointed new Supreme Electoral Council magistrates, most of which are regime loyalists who have already tightened the Council’s control of the electoral process.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0218

2021-06-09

US

Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018 Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua

OFAC country specific

Nicaragua

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

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

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 Government of Nicaragua to the protests that began on April 18, 2018, and the Ortega regime's systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate violence and repressive tactics against civilians, and its corruption leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's economy, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and declared a national emergency to deal with that threat.