Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

Nicaraguan activists to USTR: Ortega regime abuses undermine trade

By Margaret Spiegelman  / January 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Repressive actions by the Nicaraguan government have direct impacts on U.S. trade and investment, particularly in key export sectors like agriculture and mining, activists from the country told officials in Washington last week. During a Jan. 16 hearing held by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, exiled political dissidents and representatives for various civil society groups, among others, attested to wide-ranging abuses by the Nicaraguan government, led by presidential couple Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, and their implications for...

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