Alleging repression, senators suggest Biden reconsider Nicaragua’s CAFTA-DR inclusion

The Biden administration should reconsider Nicaragua’s inclusion in the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement, a bipartisan group of senators said in a letter to President Biden this week, alleging repressive actions taken by the Ortega-Murillo regime. The seven senators, in their June 10 letter , said they support “immediate actions” against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo’s “systemic dismantling of independent civil institutions, which is undermining the rule of law in Nicaragua.” One action the senators...