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US trade office starts probe into Nicaragua human rights and labour abuses

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega celebrates a key anniversary in the Nicaraguan revolution on July 19, 2018, in Managua, Nicaragua [File: Alfredo Zuniga/AP Photo]

A federal office in the United States charged with shaping foreign trade policies has announced it would launch an investigation into Nicaragua’s government for “persistent attacks on labor rights, human rights and the rule of law”.

On Tuesday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative explained it had received “numerous credible reports” that Nicaragua’s government had committed “repressive” acts, including politically motivated arrests and extrajudicial killings.

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