Gustavo Eduardo Porras Cortés

Nicaragua

President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua (since Jan 2017)

1954-10-11

Managua, Nicaragua

Male

EU

President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua since Jan 2017 and member of the national direction of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) since 1996. In his position as the President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, he is responsible for promoting the adoption of several repressive legal acts, among them an amnesty law that precludes any investigation into the perpetrators of massive human rights violations in 2018, laws undermining freedom and democratic process in Nicaragua, and laws depriving the civil rights of civilians, including the Bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando José Álvarez Lagos. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society, democratic opposition, representatives of the Church, as well as for seriously undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.

CH

art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travelban)

Position(s): President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua (since Jan 2017)

2021-08-13

CH

Ordinance of 24 June 2020 on measures against Nicaragua (SR 946.231.158.5)

Switzerland country specific

Nicaragua

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 24 June 2020 on measures against Nicaragua (SR 946.231.158.5). The measures follow the sanctions adopted by the European Union.