U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he boards Air Force One for travel to New Hampshire from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday banned members of the Nicaraguan government from entering the United States as he issued a broad proclamation in response to an election that Washington has denounced as rigged in favor of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
Biden's travel ban applied to all of Nicaragua's "elected officials," apparently including Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in addition to security force members, judges, mayors and others seen as undermining democracy in the Central American nation.
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