NicaNotes: Gracias a Dios: The People’s Church in Nicaragua

By Becca Renk [This article was first published by LAProgressive on March 4, 2023.] (Becca Renk has worked in sustainable community development in Nicaragua since 2001, and organizes study trips to Nicaragua through the Casa Ben Linder in Managua. She lives with her family in Ciudad Sandino.) “We are not typical Catholics,” explains Yamil Ríos of…

Venezuela & ALBA News 3.24.2023: Alex Saab’s life-threatening health condition not being treated; Interview with Cuba’s Diaz Canel; Nicaragua Action Alert

Free Alex Saab:  Public Denunciation Concerning Health Conditions of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab, Illegally Imprisoned in the United States Statement by Free Alex Saab movement and a Doctor’s organization about the lack of medical treatment for Saab. Valdai (Carlos Ron): Venezuela-US Relations: When ‘Maximum Pressure’ Fails President Maduro has shown two firm convictions. The first…

Repudiation of Interventionist Initiative of the United States

A statement by the People’s Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de los Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos) concerning threats of US intervention in Mexico. The PHRO is an international coalition of which AFGJ is a founding member. English: From the People’s Human Rights Observatory (Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos), we reject the initiative pushed…

NicaNotes ACTION ALERT: UN Human Rights Report on Nicaragua is Fatally Flawed and Should be Withdrawn

This week’s NicaNotes features an action alert from Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, in response to an extremely negative report (summary is here) released on March 2 by the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN).  We see this report as not only biased, but replete with false statements.  We are asking for organizational and individual…

AFGJ تعيد إطلاق حركة المقاومة ووسط الهجمات

 للتواصل: رشا مبارك ، 407.590.9952 ، AFGJsolidarity@afgj.org – للغة الإنجليزية  للاتصال: جيمس جوردان ، 202.540.8336 ، تحويلة: 503 ، james@afgj.org – بالاسبانية  AFGJ تعيد إطلاق حركة المقاومة ووسط الهجمات TUCSON، AZ) التحالف من أجل العدالة العالمية (AFGJ) و 140 من مشاريعنا التي ترعاها ماليًا أصبحت أحدث حملة تشويه لوسائل الإعلام اليمينية.  تسببت محاولاتهم الخطيرة للتخلص…

Public complaint about the health condition of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, illegally imprisoned in the United States

On Friday, March 16, 2023, Camilla Saab made an urgent call to the world to denounce the dire health condition of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, which endangers his life. In July 2021, the Working Group against Torture and several UN rapporteurs expressed their concern about the irreparable deterioration of Alex Saab’s health condition. Let us…

Venezuela & ALBA News 3.17.2023: US Southern Command Plan to Control Latin America vs China’s Role; UN Human Rights Council Smears Nicaragua; Upcoming Delegations

US Southern Command: The Empire on the Charge in Latin America This SOUTHCOM document is a preparation for war on Latin American sovereignty, and a preparation for war on Russia and China. It reasserts and updates the Monroe Doctrine that America is US private property and the US is ready to fight to keep it.…

NicaNotes: Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting in Nicaragua

By Jill Clark-Gollub (Jill Clark-Gollub organizes study delegations to Nicaragua and has published in outlets including COHA, Popular Resistance, and Alliance for Global Justice.) [This article was first published in Counterpunch on March 3, 2023.] Hybrid warfare tactics, including information warfare and the co-opting of human rights groups, make it hard to tell the good…

Press release (March 15, 2023): AFGJ relaunches resistance campaign, midst of attacks

AFGJ relaunches resistance campaign, midst of attacks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 FOR CONTACT: Rasha Mubarak, 407.590.9952, AFGJsolidarity@AFGJ.org  – FOR ENGLISH FOR CONTACT: James Jordan, 202.540.8336 EXT: 503, james@AFGJ.org – PARA ESPAÑOL (TUCSON, AZ)  Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) and 140 of our fiscally-sponsored projects have become the right-wing media’s latest smear campaign.…

Venezuela & ALBA News: 3.10.2023: US Smear Campaign against Nicaragua; Remembering Hugo Chavez; International Women’s Day

Nicaragua Popular Resistance (Jill Clark-Gollup): Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting In Nicaragua The 222 people recently released to the US who were convicted of treason in Nicaragua for savage acts of violence against their people. They had benefited from an amnesty in 2019, but violated its terms by participating in a new coup plot in…