


Central America
2 US lawmakers banned from Nicaragua

Nicaragua's president says he is banning U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen from traveling to the Central American country because in protest of the Venezuela sanctions the Republican lawmakers helped pass Wednesday in Congress, according to a newspaper report. "Just like they (U.S. officials) have their lists, we can make our own lists in Latin America of those who shouldn't enter our country," Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told The Tico Times, a Costa Rican newspaper, during a meeting with Venezuelan officials in his country. Rubio, R-Fla., mocked Ortega's decision on Twitter: "Oh no! My summer vacation plans are ruined!" The...