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Biden's order and other steps announced Monday are perhaps the most aggressive attempt by the U.S. to hold the Ortega accountable for his continued attacks on human rights and democracy.
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"The world had its say," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, calling Russia's push for annexation "worthless."
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Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.
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The storm swept across Nicaragua and has emerged over the Pacific. The region was already saturated by weeks of heavy rains before Julia arrived.
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is running for a fourth consecutive term to remain leader of the Central American country in elections that critics and U.S. officials have labeled a "sham."
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Global Witness, an international human rights group, says a record 227 grassroots environmental activists were killed in 2020. More than half were killed in Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines.
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Iota diminished to a Category 1 hurricane within hours of its landfall in Nicaragua. Still, as the second strong storm to hit the region in as many weeks, Iota bears grave dangers for residents.
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The storm is expected to make landfall Monday as a Category 4 hurricane. Its arrival comes as the region is still recovering from Hurricane Eta, which killed at least 150 people earlier this month.
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Although significantly diminished from its status as a Category 4 hurricane when it made landfall, Eta continues to pose a flooding danger, especially to Nicaragua and neighboring Honduras.
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The center of the Category 4 storm, packing winds of 145 mph, is moving toward the coast Tuesday morning. It's expected to dump torrential rains in the country's poorest region.