Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2023

November 16, 2023

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Madam 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 prior to 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 with respect to the situation in Nicaragua declared in Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018, under which additional steps were taken in Executive Order 14088 of October 24, 2022, is to continue in effect beyond November 27, 2023.

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-Murillo regime's continued 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.

Sincerely,

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Michael Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Kamala D. Harris, President of the Senate. The letter referred to President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Vice President Rosario Murillo Zambrana de Ortega of Nicaragua. An original was not available for verification of the content of this letter.

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

Names: Murillo Zambrana de Ortega, Rosario; Ortega Saavedra, Daniel.

Subjects: Nicaragua, President; Nicaragua, U.S. national emergency; Nicaragua, Vice President.

DCPD Number: DCPD202301027.

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