US Calls on Partner Nations to Stop ‘Business as Usual’ With Nicaragua
The Marxist-Leninist regime passed laws to banish opposing parties from elections and lengthened presidential terms.
TL;DR
- The U.S. urges international partners to stop "business as usual" with Nicaragua.
- This call follows the banning of open elections by Nicaragua's Marxist-Leninist leaders.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to address human rights violations.
- Rubio stated that Nicaragua's democracy was significantly weakened by recent constitutional rewrites.
- Measures will be introduced at the upcoming Organization of American States Foreign Ministerial.
- The U.S. believes that dictatorships denying citizen rights should not receive the same economic or political benefits as democratic governments.