Under the sanctions, all property owned by Murillo or Moncada under U.S. Administration officials said Moncada was directly involved in covering up sexual misconduct with a minor committed by the Nicaraguan president.īoth Murillo and Moncada have a long rap sheet of corruption and human rights violations, according to a statement by the Treasury Department, including acts of violent intimidation against political opponents. Nestor Moncada Lau, the other official targeted by sanctions, is known as Ortega’s right-hand man. National security adviser John Bolton labeled the three Latin American countries the “troika of tyranny” in a speech earlier this month and warned of increasing sanctions against their government officials.Ī senior administration official called Vice President Rosario Maria Murillo de Ortega, who is also the first lady, “the de facto co-president of Nicaragua since 2007.” The sanctions were imposed through an executive order signed by President Trump Tuesday and follow similar escalations against officials from Cuba and Venezuela. All rights reserved.The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions against the vice president of Nicaragua and a top national security adviser to President Daniel Ortega. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.
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He later resigned as prime minister after being plagued by a series of scandals ranging from accusations of his disregard for rules to allegations of impropriety and abuse by Conservative lawmakers. Last year, Johnson was fined by police over lockdown-breaking parties held on UK government premises during the height of the pandemic. The Liberal Democrats party called on Johnson to “consider his position as an MP” following the report. He is totally unfit for any form of public service, never mind being the Prime Minister,” the group said in a Twitter thread.”He lied when he said to our faces that he’d done “all he could” to protect our loved ones, he lied again when he said the rules hadn’t been broken in number 10, and he’s lied over and over again since then when he’s denied it,” it said. “These revelations make a grim mockery of Boris Johnson’s claims that he didn’t break his own lockdown rules. On Tuesday, the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group tweeted that Johnson is “totally unfit for any form of public service” and suggested he “quietly step back from public life.” They include regular meetings with civil servants and advisers,” the PA reported. “The events in question were all within the rules either because they were held outdoors or came within another lawful exception. “For whatever political purpose, it is plain that a last-ditch attempt is being made to lengthen the Privileges Committee investigation as it was coming to a conclusion and to undermine Mr Johnson,” the statement to PA Media said. Johnson’s office called the allegations “bizarre and unacceptable,” the UK’s PA Media news agency reported Tuesday, adding that Johnson’s lawyers have written to police to “explain in detail why the Cabinet Office is entirely wrong in its assertions.” “It was identified as part of the normal disclosure review of potentially relevant documents being undertaken by the legal team for inquiry witnesses,” the spokesperson said.ĭowning Street was made aware of this information after relevant authorities were notified, and is not involved in this process, the source said, adding that this material itself is not subject to any investigation from the Cabinet Office, but was simply passed on to the police following protocol. The UK’s Times newspaper, which first reported the story, said Johnson’s ministerial diary revealed visits by friends to Chequers during the pandemic.Ī Cabinet Office spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that information first “came to light” as evidence was being prepared by the Cabinet Office for submission to a Covid inquiry. Thames Valley Police confirmed it had received the documents in a statement, saying it related to “potential breaches” at Chequers, the official countryside home of the sitting British prime minister, “between June 2020 and May 2021.”
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