First, links to reports from Reuters, Microsoft News, the Associated Press, and teleSUR; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. — MCM
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U.S. mining sanctions take aim at Nicaragua’s Ortega. From Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration ratcheted up economic pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government today through a series of steps targeting the country’s mining, gold and other sectors. Biden signed an executive order that includes the authority to ban U.S. companies from doing business in Nicaragua’s gold industry, while U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. tightens sanctions against Nicaragua and imposes pressure on gold mining sector, by Daniel Stewart | MSN The United States has tightened sanctions against Nicaragua today, imposing travel restrictions against more than 500 individuals, while also identifying the gold sector as responsible for “financing the authoritarian and destabilizing activities” of President Daniel Ortega’s government. Specifically, the executive order . . . READ MORE . . .
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Fuentes AP: EEUU endurece sanciones contra Nicaragua, por Joshua Goodman y Christopher Sherman | AP MIAMI — Estados Unidos está aumentando drásticamente la presión sobre el gobierno autoritario de Daniel Ortega en Nicaragua, al prohibirle a los ciudadanos estadounidenses hacer negocios con la industria aurífera del país centroamericano, amenazando con restricciones comerciales y retirándole las visas a unos 500 allegados del gobierno, relevaron funcionarios de Washington. READ MORE . . .
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Nicaragua authorizes cooperation on nuclear energy with Russia. From teleSUR. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Friday authorized his government’s ambassador to Russia, Alba Azucena Torres, to sign a cooperation agreement with the Eurasian country in the field of non-energy applications of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. On Dec. 7, 2021, both governments signed in Moscow the memorandum of agreement in the field of atomic . . . READ MORE . . .
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