RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Seeking Alpha ArticleAtima wrote: That is exactly the objective- make Nicaraguan gold radioactive to the international investment community in order to nudge government away from repressive practices that lead to unrest, mass emigration and conflict.
No it's not.. if it was the US would have banned import of all gold from the country, not just DGM. They even explicitly made a point to say in the sanction piece the goal was not to harm the Nicaraguan economy or the people. Calibre employs over 10k locals in relatively high paid jobs. Most of the workers at Libertad and Limon are unionized. Calibre has contributed hundreds of millions USD in economic activity to the country and was 2% of total GDP in 2021. So no, that's exactly the opposite of what the US both said was it's intent and what it demonstrated in it's actual sanctions package.