The Biden administration has banned Nicaraguan government officials, including President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, from entering the U.S. following recent elections which saw Ortega reelected for a fourth time and which the U.S. and others have denounced as rigged. Leading up to the vote, authorities arrested some 40 opposition figures, including seven prospective presidential challengers. The travel ban came one day after the U.S. announced separate financial sanctions on Nicaragua. Ortega has long accused the U.S. government of interfering in Nicaragua and supporting a coup attempt in 2018. The Nicaraguan congress has also denounced the Organization of American States for passing a resolution declaring the election lacked “democratic legitimacy.”