VOA常速英语2020--美国制裁腐败的尼加拉瓜实体和个人（在线收听）

Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.Corruption and repression are hallmarks of the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Ortega and his circle continue to undermine efforts to return Nicaragua to democratic rule and have enabled the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19.In recent remarks to the Organization of American States Permanent Council, U.S. Ambassador Carlos Trujillo said that “Nicaraguans are facing a new threat in the form of COVID-19 and the lack of a responsible government response which has almost certainly caused tragic and unnecessary loss of life. This is a government that cares nothing for its people, a government that cares only to remain in power indefinitely.”At the same time, noted Ambassador Trujillo, the Ortega government continues to silence “independent journalism and civil society that seek to tell the truth” and “fire health care workers who advocate stronger measures to protect against the pandemic.”

接下来是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。腐败和压迫是尼加拉瓜总统丹尼尔·奥尔特加政权的标志。奥尔特加以及他的圈子继续破坏尼加拉瓜恢复民主统治的艰难尝试，并致使新冠肺炎疫情传播失控。美国大使卡洛斯·特鲁希略最近在美国国家组织常设理事会上发表讲话，他表示，“尼加拉瓜人民正在面临新的威胁，即新冠肺炎传播，以及政府缺乏负责的应对措施，这几乎肯定引发了悲剧和不必要的牺牲。奥尔特加政府对人民毫不关心，而只关心无限期掌权。”与此同时，特鲁希略大使指出，奥尔特加政府继续让那些“寻求说出真相的独立新闻和民间社会”保持沉默，并“解雇那些主张采取更有力措施防范疫情的卫生保健工作者”。

In response to the corrupt dealings of the Ortega regime, the United States announced additional sanctions July 17 on Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo, Jose Jorge Mojica Mejia, Difuso Comunicaciones S.A., and Mundo Digital S.A.These actions, pursuant to Executive Order 13851, freeze the U.S. assets of the two designees and two entities and prohibit U.S. persons from conducting transactions with them.These individuals and entities have misappropriated public funds and expropriated private assets for personal gain or political purposes and engaged in corruption related to government contracts or bribery. Ortega Murillo, the son of President Daniel Ortega and Vice President and First Lady Rosario Murillo, manages media company Difuso Comunicaciones S.A., which he has used to stifle independent voices, spread regime propaganda, and defend the Ortegas’ violence and repression. Mojica and Mundo Digital S.A. have long benefitted from corrupt arrangements with the regime, both to enrich themselves and enable regime associates to avoid sanctions.The United States, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a written statement, “will continue to take the necessary steps to support the Nicaraguan people and pressure the Ortega regime to stop repressing the Nicaraguan people, guarantee basic civil liberties,and allow the conditions for free and fair elections to work toward the restoration of democracy in Nicaragua.”That was an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.

为了应对奥尔特加政府的腐败交易，美国于7月17日宣布对胡安·卡洛斯·奥尔特加·穆里略、何塞·豪尔赫·莫吉卡·梅加、迪福索通讯公司和蒙多数码公司实施额外制裁。根据第13851号行政命令，制裁行为冻结了两名被制裁人和两个实体的美国资产，并禁止美国人与其进行交易。这些受制裁的个人和实体为个人利益或政治目的挪用公款和征用私人资产，并参与与政府合同有关的腐败或贿赂行为。奥尔特加·穆里略是总统丹尼尔·奥尔特加和副总统兼第一夫人罗萨里奥·穆里略的儿子，作为媒体公司迪福索通讯公司的管理者，他曾用这家公司压制独立声音，传播政权宣传，并为奥尔特加斯的暴力和压迫进行辩护。莫吉卡和蒙多数码公司长期以来都从与政府的腐败安排中获益，这既可以使自己致富，也可以使政权同伙避免制裁。美国国务卿蓬佩奥在一份书面声明中说，美国“将继续采取必要措施，支持尼加拉瓜人民，并向奥尔特加政权施压以阻止其压迫尼加拉瓜人民的行为，保障基本的公民自由，允许自由公正选举的状况，这有利于恢复尼加拉瓜的民主。”这是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。