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<h1 id="reader-title">Nicaragua Says Nica Act Reflects
Continuity of US Imperialism<br>
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<div id="reader-estimated-time">July 28, 2017<br>
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<p>The government of Nicaragua has rejected the decision
of the United States to sanction the Central American
nation through the so-called <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Threatens-Nicaragua-With-Sanctions-for-Supporting-Venezuela-20170724-0023.html">Nica
Act</a> and demanded respect for its sovereignty. </p>
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href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Threatens-Nicaragua-With-Sanctions-for-Supporting-Venezuela-20170724-0023.html">
Threatens Nicaragua With Sanctions for Supporting
Venezuela</a></strong></p>
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<p>"We reject and condemn the NICA-ACT as the continuity
of historical policies of imperial interference of the
United States in Nicaragua," Vice President Rosario
Murillo said as she read the official statement by the
government.</p>
<p>Nicaragua also demanded that the United States pay a
compensation it was ordered to disburse in 1986 by the
International Court of Justice in The Hague. The
compensation involves "the fatal damage caused to the
people and government of Nicaragua for the destructive
and illegal interference of that power in our national
affairs" <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Former-Contra-Mercenary-to-Run-for-President-in-Nicaragua-20160711-0022.html">in
funding Contras</a> during the country's civil war.</p>
<p>Murillo also said the Central American country will
continue to be sovereign and will work with other
countries towards peace and unity in the region. </p>
<p>The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday
passed the bill, officially known as the Nicaraguan
Investment Conditionality Act of 2017, in an effort to
impose economic sanctions on Nicaragua and add
conditions to the provisions of aid from international
financial institutions.</p>
<p>U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Laura Dogu said earlier
this week that it is her belief that some members of the
U.S. Congress would favor the Nica Act “simply because
of the support that Nicaragua is giving to Venezuela.”</p>
<p>Dogu added that the U.S. government has "noted which
countries support Venezuela," stating that Nicaragua
“does not have many friends in Washington, for the
support it gives to Venezuela," according to Bolsa de
Noticias newspaper.</p>
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<p><strong>RELATED:<br>
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href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Latin-American-Left-Regroups-Shows-Strength-in-Nicaragua-20170722-0012.html">Latin
American Left Regroups, Shows Strength in
Nicaragua</a></strong></p>
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<p><a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Support-for-Venezuela-at-Sandinista-Celebrations-in-Nicaragua-20170719-0034.html">President
Daniel Ortega showed his support for Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro</a> during the anniversary of
his nation's Sandinista Revolution and rejected the
attempt of the United States to interfere in its
internal affairs.</p>
<p>The U.S. bill was presented as a sanction over alleged
authoritarianism and corruption by Ortega.</p>
<p>The U.S. government also imposed on Wednesday <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Announces-New-Sanctions-on-Venezuela-in-Interventionist-Move-20170726-0015.html">sanctions
on 13 senior officials in Venezuela</a> to pressure
the government to cancel democratic and free elections
on Sunday, to choose representatives for the <a
href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/multimedia/Venezuelas-National-Constituent-Assembly-20170704-0037.html">National
Constituent Assembly</a>.</p>
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