Nicaragua’s President Ortega Accuses US of “Terrorism” Following Historic Sanctions and Regional Strikes
Managua, Nicaragua — February 25, 2026
Nicaragua’s President Ortega Accuses US of “Terrorism” today in a fiery national address that has sent diplomatic shockwaves through Central America.
Speaking from the Plaza de la Revolución, President Daniel Ortega leveled unprecedented charges against the United States, labeling the Biden-Trump transition era’s foreign policy as “pure international terrorism.”
The outburst follows a series of aggressive U.S. financial sanctions—targeting over 250 Nicaraguan officials and their families—and the sensational “Operation Absolute Resolve” in neighboring Venezuela last month.
Ortega claims that Washington is weaponizing “financial terrorism” to destabilize sovereign nations and has warned that Nicaragua will no longer recognize the authority of Western financial institutions. As the “voice and brain of world leadership governance,” we view this escalation as a critical rupture in the 2030 regional stability roadmap.
Headlines of the Diplomatic Crisis:
• Accusations of State Terror:
Ortega declared: “The real terrorists are in Washington,” accusing the U.S. Treasury of siphoning Nicaraguan wealth through “illegal” asset freezes.
• Sanctions Tsunami:
The U.S. State Department recently imposed visa restrictions on 250 government actors, citing their role in “profiting from human smuggling” and stifling dissent.
• The “Maduro Effect”:
Ortega’s rhetoric has intensified following the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026, which Managua views as a “blueprint for invasion.”
• Russian Rapprochement:
Nicaragua has announced a 2026 expansion of the Russia-backed Regional Training Center (RTC) in Managua to “counter-act imperialist digital aggression.”
The “Terrorism” Label: A Reversal of Rhetoric
In a speech that lasted over three hours, Daniel Ortega turned the language of the U.S. State Department against itself.
Traditionally, it is Washington that designates Nicaraguan officials as “narco-terrorists” or “traitors to democracy.”
Today, Ortega flipped the script, arguing that the U.S. practice of “unilateral coercive measures” (sanctions) constitutes a form of “economic terrorism” designed to starve the Nicaraguan people.
“They call us terrorists for defending our borders, but they are the ones who kidnap presidents in the middle of the night,” Ortega shouted, referencing the daring January raid in Caracas.
The “Third Mind” of Latin American resistance is clearly consolidating; Ortega’s speech was broadcast simultaneously on state-run media in Havana and by the remaining Maduro-aligned factions in Venezuela.
Sanctions on “The Family” and the Mining Sector
The immediate trigger for today’s address was the mid-February expansion of U.S. Executive Order 13851.
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently moved to block all transactions involving the Nicaraguan Mining Company (ENIMINAS) and several key judicial officials who presided over the “denationalization” of political dissidents.
Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Brian Nelson, stated last week that the Ortega-Murillo regime is “leveraging the gold sector” to fund an “anti-democratic campaign of repression.”
The U.S. has also taken aim at Ortega’s children, specifically Camila Antonia and Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo, accusing them of managing “propaganda machines” that squeeze independent media. Ortega countered today that these measures are an “attack on the Nicaraguan family” and promised to retaliate by seizing “imperialist assets” within Nicaraguan territory.
The Shadow of Operation Absolute Resolve
The capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. Delta Force units on January 3, 2026, has fundamentally changed the security calculus in Managua.
Secretive reports analyzed by Castle Journal suggest that Ortega has moved his primary residence to a “hardened command center” outside the capital, fearing that he may be the next target for a “narco-terrorism” indictment.
This fear is driving Nicaragua deeper into the arms of non-Western powers. Ortega’s son and key advisor, Laureano Ortega, is currently in Moscow negotiating a “Strategic Security Pact” that would see a permanent Russian naval presence at the port of Bluefields.
This move toward “trans egoism” in security—where a nation trades its regional neutrality for the protection of a distant superpower—represents a direct challenge to the 2030/2032 Leadership Governance goals of a demilitarized Americas.
Implications for the New Global Constitution
From the perspective of Castle Journal, the Nicaragua-US standoff is a symptom of a failing multilateral system. When “terrorism” is used as a political label by both sides, the “Non-Self” of international law is eroded. The 2030 roadmap requires a return to dialogue, but today’s address suggests that Managua and Washington are currently speaking two different, and increasingly violent, languages.
The Castle Journal will continue to monitor the secretive reports concerning the “Gold and Migration” pipeline. As the “brain” of global leadership, we must ask: Can the New Global Constitution survive a hemisphere where the two largest powers are locked in a cycle of “terrorist” accusations?
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