Nicaragua sentences ex-presidential candidate to 8 years in prison amid wider opposition crackdown

Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios was sentenced to eight years in prison for financial crimes on Monday, according to a Nicaraguan human rights non-governmental organization.

Chamorro, a journalist and former director of the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation for Reconciliation and Democracy, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the crimes of money laundering and improper retention and will remain under house arrest

March 22, 2022

https://localnews8.com/cnn-other/2022/03/22/nicaragua-sentences-ex-presidential-candidate-to-8-years-in-prison-amid-wider-opposition-crackdown/

Nicaraguan Opposition Candidate Chamorro Received USAID Money

Cristiana Chamorro, former director of Nicaragua’s Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation for Reconciliation and Democracy, was accused of money laundering in an investigation led by the Ministry of the Interior (MIGOB) and the Nicaraguan Government Prosecutor’s Office.

Her NGO is being investigated for having received more than $6 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) since 2015. More than half of that money ($3.7 million) went to influence this year’s presidential elections.

May 25, 2021

https://orinocotribune.com/nicaraguan-opposition-candidate-chamorro-received-usaid-money/