WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor issued the following news release:
The United States is designating Nicaragua's Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina for her role in supporting the ruthless oppression of peaceful opposition members in Nicaragua by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo.
As Attorney General, Morales Urbina silenced opposition voices, and seized the property of over 300 Nicaraguans. She supported Ortega's move to strip exiled political prisoners of their citizenship. She is responsible for the arbitrary shuttering of over 3,500 civil society organizations, including over 250 evangelical groups. Morales Urbina took part...