By Becca Renk (Becca Renk has lived in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, for 22 years, working with the Jubilee House Community and its project, the Center for Development in Central America. The JHC-CDCA has been in Nicaragua since 1994 working in sustainable community development and runs a full-time health clinic in Nueva Vida. The JHC-CDCA also…
Sunday, July 16, 2 pm ET in front of the White House, Washington, DC Can’t make it? Watch our livestream! July is an important month for the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean! July 19th is the anniversary of the Sandinista People’s Revolution in Nicaragua, AND the Third Takeover of Lima by the indigenous,…
Resumen Latinoamericano: Why Europe, U.S., China and Russia are not the same for Latin America We Latin Americans have a very well-documented history of colonization, exploitation, and occupation with Europeans and North Americans, but not with China and Russia. It was not the Russians or the Chinese who implemented Plan Condor in South America, which left…
By Dan Kovalik and John Perry (Daniel Kovalik is a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs—COHA. He teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and elsewhere.) [Two previous…
Video: The ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy it with Cuba Ambassador Igarza, Venezuela Deputy Minister Carlos Ron, and Nicaragua Minister of Commerce Jesus Bermudez Short webinar clips of the Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela officials on relations with China and Iran Al Mayadeen: Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela voice support…
By Roger McKenzie [This article was first published in The Morning Star of the United Kingdom. In this article, Roger McKenzie reports on an interview about Nicaragua’s education policies with Salvador Vanegas, adviser for education to President Daniel Ortega.] Salvador Vanegas, as the adviser for education to President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega, plays a central…
By Marcel Osorto [This article was published on the web page of the Honduran newspaper El Heraldo on June 1, 2023. It was translated by Katherine Hoyt.] -Good morning, children! -Good morning, Mr. Director. -This day we have a special visitor from our sister country of Honduras, so I ask you to give him a…
Press release For immediate release: June 20, 2023 Contact: Camille Landry Alliance for Global Justice (202) 540-8336, ext. 508 [email protected] Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) demands justice for Nicaragua and an end to the United States’ ongoing human rights abuses AFGJ calls attention to the United States’ crimes against humanity This June, The International People’s…
By John Perry [John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and other outlets. Here he reports on an interview with Randall, a “historic fighter” from Nicaragua’s revolution against the Somoza dictatorship, about the attempted coup in 2018 and how the violence affected his…
June 18: The ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy It Héctor Igarza Cabrera, Cuban Ambassador to Canada Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and President of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among People Jesús Bermudez, Nicaragua Minister of…
