Above photo: Guardian Nicaragua poster. One year ago, as both the Trump administration in the US and the Johnson government in the UK responded fitfully to the growing pandemic, the international media were looking for whipping boys: other countries whose response to the virus was even worse. There were some cases of obvious neglect—Brazil was […]
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Nicaragua: Scary Covid Projections Are More Newsworthy Than Hopeful Results
Peace Delegation Visits Nicaragua To Explore Impact Of US Sanctions
By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. March 15, 2021 | Newsletter For the next two weeks, I am in Nicaragua on the first delegation organized by the Sanctions Kill coalition and the Friends of the ATC (Asociacion de Trabajadores del Campo – Association of Rural Workers) to study the impact of sanctions imposed by the United […]
Hurricane Eta: Nicaragua Prioritizes Saving And Improving Lives
Above photo: From Twitter. How is it that there were only two lives lost during a level 4 Hurricane that affected Nicaragua beginning Nov. 2 on the Caribbean Coast? Nicaragua is constantly preparing and training people to save lives in disasters: thousands of people have participated in simulations for hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and more, […]
Testimonies From The Gloria Quintanilla Women’s Cooperative Of Nicaragua
Above photo: From July 11–21, 2019, the Friends of the ATC and the ATC hosted their “Solidarity with Nicaragua” delegation. Friends of the ATC. “The Land is Our Mother” When a group of campesinas in the community of Santa Julia, Nicaragua founded the Gloria Quintanilla Cooperative in 2008 with the Rural Workers’ Association (Asociación de […]
Nicaragua Attacked For Using Same US Policies Against Foreign Meddling
Above photo: Rosa Poser, from Flickr.com. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched another attack on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government last month, accusing President Daniel Ortega of being a “dictator” who is “doubling down on repression and refusing to honor the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people.”[1] The State Department openly supports what it calls “a return to democracy in […]
The Economy Of Sharing Is Alive during Nicaragua’s Independence Celebration
Above photo: Pinterest. Note: AFGJ’s NicaNotes hosted a Webinar on Sept. 13 entitled The Smoking Gun: Recent Revelations about U.S. Destabilization Efforts in Nicaragua with Magda Lanuza, Coleen Littlejohn, Brian Willson and Nan McCurdy about current US intervention in Nicaragua. You can see the one-hour webinar here. This week is very important in Central America, especially in Nicaragua. […]
Canada’s Regime Change Efforts In Nicaragua Rife With Hypocrisy
Above photo: A woman stands near a burning barricade holding Nicaraguan flag, April 2018. Canada is supporting US efforts to overthrow Nicaragua’s government. A recently leaked USAID document highlights “the breadth and complexity of the US government’s plan to interfere in Nicaragua’s internal affairs up to and after its presidential election in 2021.” The stated aim is […]
Coronavirus Is Being Tackled By Nicaragua’s Community-Based Health System
By Kevin Zeese and John Perry, Popular Resistance. August 8, 2020 | Educate! Above photo: Nicaraguan community health center from “Strengthening the Family and Community Health Care Model in Nicaragua,” the World Bank. Nicaragua’s Sandinista government is – like every other government – engaged in a struggle to limit the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on its […]
US Contracts Out Its Regime Change Operation In Nicaragua
Above photo: Mass rally in support of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua from Eyes on Latin America. NOTE: We are posting several articles on this topic because it ought to be major news but the regime change-friendly US media aren’t talking about it or that a sitting senator criticized President Trump for failing to overthrow […]
Document Exposes US Plot To Overthrow Nicaragua’s Elected Government
A disturbing new document outlines plans for a US regime-change scheme against Nicaragua’s elected leftist government, overseen by USAID, to bring about a “market economy” and a purge of Sandinistas. A newly released document exposes a US government operation to overthrow the democratically elected socialist government in Nicaragua. The plot is administered by the United States […]
Nicaragua Targeted For US Overthrow In 2020-21
By S. Brian Willson, Popular Resistance. August 2, 2020 | Educate! Above photo: Kevin K. Sullivan. The USA failed State continues to seek destruction of NICARAGUA (among other nations such as Venezuela, Cuba, Syria and Iran, who refuse to obey US demands for neoliberal privatization that enrich the already rich. George Washington, who waged scorched […]
Human Rights Fraud From Ukraine To Nicaragua
Current Western human rights industry practice has nothing to do with establishing the truth. Increasingly in recent years, US and allied elites have sought to legitimize illegal aggression by exploiting human rights motifs in their attempts to recolonize the majority world. In any given crisis, human rights NGOs funded by the US and allied corporate […]
Nicaragua,Venezuela: One Enemy, One Fight For Democracy
Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are all targets of the U.S. government because they challenge control of Latin America and the Caribbean by Western corporate elites and their local allies. By means of soft coups these interests have – at least for now – taken power in Brazil and Argentina, hijacked the government in Ecuador […]
Statement In Support Of Nicaragua
Statement In Support Of Nicaragua Above photo: Thirty Second Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Managua, Nicaragua, July 19, 2011Photo:EFE For more than a decade, Nicaragua has been an example for Latin America and the Caribbean in the development of peace, equality, inclusion, security and significant social advances for its people. Commander Daniel Ortega, who has historically […]
Unrest In Nicaragua: Time For Dialogue And Reconciliation Free Of Outside Interference
Unrest In Nicaragua: Time For Dialogue And Reconciliation Free Of Outside Interference Above Photo: Johanna Barton/Flickr Before I get into analysis of the current crisis and unrest in Nicaragua, it is apparent from some of the emails we’ve been getting that there are plenty of people who do not understand the role of Nicaragua Network/Alliance for […]
Is Nicaragua Next in Line for NATO-Style Regime Change?
Events in Nicaragua over the past week are clearly modeled on the kind of U.S.-led, NATO-driven regime change that succeeded in Libya, Ivory Coast and Ukraine, but has so far failed in Thailand, Syria and Venezuela. At a national level, the protests have been led by the private sector business classes defending their rate of profit against socialist policies in defense of low-income workers and […]
U.S. House passes Iran sanctions, financial services measures
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation linked to the international nuclear agreement with Iran on Thursday, one year after the landmark pact was announced, defying President Barack Obama’s veto threat. Voting largely along party lines, the Republican-controlled House voted 246 to 179 to pass a new set of sanctions on Iran, […]
Hague Rules Against Beijing on South China Sea Claims
Hague Rules Against Beijing on South China Sea Claims July 12th, 2016 …China throws toys. Via: Guardian: China has lost a key international legal case over strategic reefs and atolls that it claims would give it control over disputed waters of the South China […]
There Are Now More Bureaucrats With Guns Than U.S. Marines
There are now more non-military government employees who carry guns than there are U.S. Marines, according to a new report. Open the Books, a taxpayer watchdog group, released a study Wednesday that finds domestic government agencies continue to grow their stockpiles of military-style weapons, as Democrats sat on the House floor calling […]
You’re so vain: Diva Bibi Netanyahu spent $3350 on hair and makeup for UN trip – total was $1.7 million of taxpayer money
The expenses of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to New York for the UN General Assembly last fall totaled more than $1.7 million, including hairstyling that cost Israel $1,600, and make-up $1,750, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure after revelations that Israeli taxpayers footed a […]
Obama Agrees To Expand US Airstrikes Against Taliban In Afghanistan
The US are expanding airstrikes in Afghanistan due to a rebounding Taliban insurgency, senior U.S. and defense officials have said. The White House has agreed the plan for more air strikes, which will likely affect the timeline of withdrawal for the 9,800 US troops currently stationed there. Despite his claims to reduce the American military […]
Power failure disrupts Brussels Airport departure area (PHOTOS)
Power failure in several airport areas. We’re working hard on solving this asap. Sorry for the inconvenience, we’ll keep you posted. — Brussels Airport (@BrusselsAirport) June 10, 2016 Update: we’ve detected the cause of the power failure & are now fixing this. It may take some time before all systems are up and running. — […]
New info on ‘crater-hole’ in Siberia: ‘Explosion’ and ‘glow in sky’ witnessed 100 km away
Startling new details emerge of the most mysterious of Siberia’s newly created giant permafrost holes. First accounts of the gaping fissure in the earth – found by reindeer herders, who were almost swallowed up by the crater – reported that it was around 4 metres in width and ‘about 100 metres’ deep. Scattered over […]
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits off Ecuador’s northwestern coast
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Ecuador, about 16 miles west of Muisne, a town in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports. The earthquake occurred at 01:24 GMT on Saturday (20:24 p.m. local time on Friday). There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties. On April […]
Selected Articles: “When Terrorism Becomes Counter-Terrorism”
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Resultados en Venezuela: Sistema Electoral y la Democracia
El 6 de diciembre de 2015 las elecciones dieron lugar a una clara victoria de la oposición sobre la alianza bolivariana liderada por el Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV). La oposición ganó 112 escaños con 58% de los cerca de 74% del electorado que votó. La coalición Bolivariana ganó 55 escaños y obtuvo 42% […]