By Katherine Hoyt (Katherine Hoyt is a retired co-coordinator of the Nicaragua Network and the Alliance for Global Justice. She lived in Nicaragua from 1966 to 1984, mostly in Matagalpa. These are her memories along with information from the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education.) Fifteen days after the triumph of the Revolution in July of 1979,…
Venezuela Peoples Forum pamphlet: Why Venezuela The collection is an invaluable resource for an introduction to revolutionary Venezuela. It covers the ideological foundations and development of the Bolivarian Revolution and the historic roots of the internal and external opposition. While learning about the ongoing historic process, readers can also understand the difficulties and contradictions involved…
By Brian Willson This is part of a series by Brian Willson. For Part One, click here; for Part Two, click here. (Brian Willson is a Viet Nam Veteran, trained attorney, and long-time activist confronting historical USA imperialism. He first came to Nicaragua in 1986, and has visited many times over the years. For several…
Documentary: Hugo Chavez, a Revolutionary in Power (1992-2013) Resumen Latinoamericano: Venezuela: Chavez’s Legacy Lives on in His People March 5, the Venezuelan people took to the streets to remember Bolivarian leader Hugo Chavez, on the 12th anniversary of his physical departure from cancer. From different points of Caracas, Venezuelans united in a great march that…
By John Perry and Roger D. Harris (Nicaragua-based John Perry is with the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition and writes for the London Review of Books, FAIR, and CovertAction. Roger D. Harris is with the Task Force on the Americas, the US Peace Council, and the Venezuela Solidarity Network. This article was first published in Internationalist 360°…
March 2, 2025, marks nine years since the assassination of the anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist Honduran Indigenous social movement leader, Berta Cáceres, in 2016. This year, we celebrate Berta’s life and continue to demand justice. Her anti-imperialist efforts inspire us to denounce Donald Trump’s threats to seize the Panama Canal, send troops into Mexico, and bankrupt any…
Orinoco Tribune: Human Rights are Auctioned Off to Highest Bidder at UN – Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil at the United Nations Human Rights Council “The UN must decide what it wants to be: either a forum for justice or an instrument of power…We have come to tell things as they are, without euphemism.…
JOIN THE NICARAGUA SOLIDARITY COALITION WEBINAR FEATURING BRIAN WILLSON ON SUNDAY, MARCH 2 * * * * * My Early Days in Nicaragua, Part 2 By Brian Willson This is part of a series by Brian Willson. For Part One, click here. (Brian Willson is a Viet Nam Veteran, trained attorney, and long-time activist confronting…
Resumen Latinoamericano: What the New Trump Era Means for Venezuela and Latin America Unity If Kamala Harris won, there would probably have been a broad continental alliance to isolate Venezuela, even dragging Colombia and Brazil into it. With Trump, this becomes impractical. Even if progressive governments wish to avoid conflicts with the White House, the…
By Brian Willson (Brian Willson is a Viet Nam Veteran, trained attorney, and long-time activist confronting historical USA imperialism. He first came to Nicaragua in 1986, and has visited many times over the years. For several years he has resided in Nicaragua as one of its proud citizens.) I landed in Managua, Nicaragua, on January…
