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The State Department has announced new arms restrictions against Nicaragua. This move targets importing and exporting weapons and defense services of US origin to and from the country.

The State Department said it was committed to leveraging “all available diplomatic and economic tools to promote accountability for the Ortega-Murillo regime.” State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller added, “The United States remains deeply concerned about continuing brutal repression by Ortega-Murillo authorities against the people of Nicaragua, to include recent sham elections on the Caribbean coast populated mainly by Indigenous individuals and Afro-descendants. The United States will continue to use all available diplomatic and economic tools to promote accountability for the Ortega-Murillo regime and to support the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Nicaraguans as they pursue a more just and prosperous future.”

Additionally, the US Commerce Department has tightened restrictions on the export of US goods to Nicaragua.

This comes as the US has been increasingly critical of the current government in Nicaragua and its strengthening military ties with Russia.