*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2019 *

**Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua **

*November 25, 2019 *

*Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) *

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the *Federal Register* and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the *Federal Register* for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018, is to continue in effect beyond November 27, 2019.

The situation in Nicaragua, including the violent response by the Government of Nicaragua to the protests that began on April 18, 2018, and the Ortega regime's systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate violence and repressive tactics against civilians, as well as its corruption leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's economy, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13851 with respect to the situation in Nicaragua.

DONALD J. TRUMP

NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Michael R. Pence, President of the Senate. The letter referred to President Daniel Ortega Saavedra of Nicaragua.

*Categories:* Communications to Congress : Nicaragua, U.S. national emergency, letter on continuation*.*

*Names:* Ortega Saavedra, Daniel*.*

*Subjects:* Nicaragua : Human rights issues; Nicaragua : President; Nicaragua : U.S. national emergency, continuation.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201900825.