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The British Embassy in San Jose maintains and develops relations between the UK and Costa Rica.

• Updated: 6 January 2026

Guidance on the Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

• Updated: 4 March 2025

• Nicaragua sanctions: guidance

  As required by section 43 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act…

There is no British Embassy in Managua. The British Embassy in San Jose maintains and develops relations between the UK and Nicaragua.

• Updated: 2 October 2025

Decisions, documents and meeting minutes from UK-Central America countries committees.

• Updated: 31 October 2025

Mr Edward Stevens has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, and His Majesty’s non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, in succession to Mr Ben Lyster-Binns.

• Updated: 24 January 2025

List of medical facilities for British nationals in Nicaragua.

• Updated: 10 November 2020

The UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, David Smith MP, gave a speech at an event marking the 5th anniversary of the Article 18 Alliance held at the Prague Castle, Czechia.

• Updated: 13 November 2025

The UK has imposed new sanctions on 8 high-ranking Nicaraguan politicians and officials.

• Updated: 15 November 2021

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

G7 foreign ministers issued communiqués on the situation in Middle East, support to Ukraine and addressing global challenges, following their meeting in Capri, Italy.

• Updated: 19 April 2024

First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Explanation of the legal and prison system to British nationals.

• Updated: 8 October 2021