NicaNotes September 3, 2026 Nicaragua Raises Its Voice for Palestine in Another Landmark Case at the ICJ By Becca Renk…
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Read more →On August 11, 2026, last Tuesday, the US State Department released a video, narrated by US Ambassador to Panama Kevin…
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NicaNotes September 3, 2026 Nicaragua Raises Its Voice for Palestine in Another Landmark Case at the ICJ By Becca Renk Foster [Becca Renk Foster is originally from Idaho, USA. For 25 years, she has lived and worked in sustainable community development in Nicaragua. She coordinates the work of Casa Benjamín Linder in Managua and is…
NicaNotes August 27, 2026 Marking the 46th Anniversary of the End of the Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign By the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign of the United Kingdo When the Sandinistas came to power in 1979 their key priority was building “a new model of society based on equality, wellbeing, solidarity and social justice.” Nicaragua’s 1980 literacy Campaign…
Click here to register for the webinar Earthquakes, Elections, and Empire, featuring David Escobar (with the Centro Pazífico), Raquel Mogollón (with AFGJ’s Colombia Watch program), and Tanya Nuñez (with People’s Forum) Please forgive this last minute posting but we wanted to give you an opportunity to attend this exciting webinar no matter where you are.…
NicaNotes August 20, 2026 Despite U.S. Hybrid Warfare and Sanctions, Nicaragua’s Socialist Government is Building Infrastructure and Providing Services at Impressive Rate PART TWO By Ben Grosscup [Ben Grosscup is a traveling folksinger who uses songs for political education in the anti-imperialist movement. This article was first published in Covert Action Magazine on July 8,…
On August 11, 2026, last Tuesday, the US State Department released a video, narrated by US Ambassador to Panama Kevin Merino Cabrera, reviewing the history of the famous 1823 statement by President James Monroe known as the Monroe Doctrine. The video glorifies the Doctrine, not the early Monroe Doctrine, which merely declared the Western Hemisphere…
All photos in this alert by David Escobar The epicenter of Monday’s August 10, 2026 earthquake in Colombia was along the border of the Departments of Chocó and Valle de Cauca, a remote area near San José del Palmar, which has around 5,000 people. The urban centers most affected are Buenaventura and Cali (headquarters for…
REGISTER: bit.ly/NicaAug23 3pm ET, 1pm Nicaragua, noon Pacific, 8pm UK Spanish and English interpretation available. Q&A period following the speaker. Webinar focus: Following the loss of the elections in 1990, Nicaragua’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) vowed to “govern from below.” Over the next 17 years, three US-backed neoliberal governments privatized health care and education. Thousands…
Entrevista por / Interview by David Escobar Photos by David Escobar Interview with human rights defender Darnelly Rodríguez on the current situation of the crisis caused by the earthquake in various regions of Colombia, and regarding the response of local and national governments to this crisis. How do you view the response of the city…
Español abajo by David Escobar, Professor of Journalism at the University of Valle de Cauca, Cali, Colombia, and member of La Direkta Video Collective On August 10th, in the city of Cali, Colombia, I woke up to an earthquake so strong that for a few seconds the stairs in my house ceased to resemble stairs…
NicaNotes August 6, 2026 By William Grigsby Vado [William Grigsby Vado is a Nicaraguan journalist, FSLN Militant, and Director of Radio La Primerisima.] Who can give us lessons in democracy? By what right? We know what it is, how it is built, and how it is defended. We know that democracy does not begin or…
NicaNotes July 30, 2026 Meddling through mistranslation: U.S. interferes in Nicaragua’s elections By Becca Renk Foster (Becca Renk Foster is originally from Idaho, USA. For 25 years, she has lived and worked in sustainable community development in Nicaragua. She coordinates the work of Casa Benjamin Linder in Managua and is part of the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition. This article…
NicaNotes July 23, 2026 Rooting for the Underdogs: Nicaragua’s Revolution Pulled Off the Upset of the Century By Becca Renk Foster (Becca Renk Foster is originally from Idaho, USA. For 25 years, she has lived and worked in sustainable community development in Nicaragua. She coordinates the work of Casa Benjamin Linder in Managua and is…
