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Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Nicaraguan Vice Minister of the Interior Luis Roberto Cañas Novoa for gross human rights violations, citing UN evidence linking him to the systematic torture of political prisoners. The move is the latest in an escalating series of U.S. sanctions against the Ortega-Murillo regime — now totaling roughly 80 designations since 2018 — but critics argue the designations have failed to loosen the dictatorship's grip on power while potentially strengthening Ortega's nationalist narrative.