(Reuters) – The European Union yesterday extended sanctions for another year against 21 Nicaraguan officials, including Rosario Murillo, vice president and wife of President Daniel Ortega, as well as three of their children.
The sanctions prohibit the officials from the Central American country from traveling through EU countries and any assets they hold in European banks are frozen, the EU said in a statement.
Three Nicaraguan entities – the national police, the top electoral council and the telecoms institute – are also sanctioned, meaning EU citizens and companies cannot finance them.
