Joe Biden Bans Nicaragua Officials from Entering United States

jpnn.com, WASHINGTON DC - United States President Joe Biden has not hesitated to address leaders of other countries that he considered undemocraticly elected.

That is what happened to the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega after the three-term leader was re-elected in the presidential election held on November 7.

On Tuesday (16/11), Biden announced that all Nicaraguan government officials must not set foot on the territory of the US.

The ban applies to all publicly elected officials, members of the security forces, judges, regional heads, and anyone deemed to have trampled on democracy in the central American country.

Ortega's wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo are also on the travel ban blacklist.

"The repressive and abusive acts of the Ortega government and those who support it compel the United States to act," Biden said.

The US and its allies, Britain and Canada, have accused Ortega of using dirty methods, including jailing political rivals and silencing the mass media, to become president for four terms.

The three countries were also compact in applying sanctions to a number of top officials of the Ortega regime.