US Calls on Partner Nations to Stop ‘Business as Usual’ With Nicaragua

The United States is calling on international partners to cease “business as usual” with Nicaragua due to human rights violations and the banning of open elections. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the country’s democracy was further diminished by constitutional rewrites. Measures will be implemented at the next Organization of American States Foreign Ministerial to address the situation, emphasizing that dictatorships denying citizen rights should not receive the same benefits as democratic governments.

• 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.