Article 1
Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 9, the date ‘15 October 2025’ is replaced by ‘15 October 2026’; (2) the Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1973 of 29 September 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/1973 of 29 September 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua
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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX In the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2019/1720, under the heading ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Articles 1(1) and 2(1)’, entries 7 and 9 are replaced by the following: Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘7. Rosario María MURILLO ZAMBRANA Alias: Rosario María MURILLO DE ORTEGA Position(s): Co-President of the Republic of Nicaragua (since February 2025, previously Vice President, since 2017). Wife of President Daniel Ortega Date of birth: 22 June 1951 Place of birth: Managua, Nicaragua Gender: female Nationality: Nicaraguan Passport number: A00000106 (Nicaragua) Co-President of Nicaragua since February 2025, First Lady of Nicaragua and a leader of the Sandinista Youth. Vice President of Nicaragua from January 2017 to February 2025. She played an instrumental role in encouraging and justifying the repression of opposition demonstrations by the Nicaraguan National Police in 2018. In June 2021, she publicly threatened the Nicaraguan opposition and discredited independent journalists. Those threats have been repeated since then. In February 2023, Daniel Ortega revealed that Rosario María Murillo Zambrana is the instigator of new repressions, namely related to the expulsion and deprivation of citizenship of 222 political prisoners. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for undermining democracy in Nicaragua. 2.8.2021 9. Juan Antonio VALLE VALLE Position(s): Leader in Nicaraguan National Police Rank: General/Senior Commissioner Date of birth: 4 May 1963 Place of birth: Matagalpa, Nicaragua Gender: male Nationality: Nicaraguan As leader in the rank of senior commissioner (second highest rank) of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and until February 2025 in a leading position in the police in Managua, Juan Antonio Valle Valle is responsible for repeated acts of police brutality and the excessive use of force which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians, for arbitrary arrests and detentions, for violations of freedom of expression and for preventing demonstrations against the government. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua. 2.8.2021’
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