AP: Biden targets Nicaraguan gold in new move against Ortega
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN,
Published: October 24, 2022, 10:01am
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President Joe Biden pauses at the top of the stairs as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, en route to Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Photo Gallery
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on President Daniel Ortega’s authoritarian rule in Nicaragua, threatening a ban on Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold industry, raising the possibility of trade restrictions and stripping the U.S. visas of some 500 government insiders, according to U.S.
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