US sanctions Nicaragua vice minister over alleged human rights abuses
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E-mailApril 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that the United States is imposing visa sanctions on Nicaragua's vice-minister of the interior, Luis Roberto Cañas Novoa, for alleged involvement in human rights violations.
The sanctions render Cañas Novoa ineligible for entry into the United States.
(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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