A film about disappearing stories of women who fought in Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution, and their continuing struggles for justice. Project by Jenny Murray and Laura Tomaselli of Brooklyn, NY Memorias Del Fuego is a feature-length documentary film about the disappearing stories of women who fought to win Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution. We shot the first portion…
Nicaragua
Democracy, Drug war, Honduras, Immigration, Militarism, Nicaragua, Uncategorized, Venezuela
Nicaragua Vive! 35 years since the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution
By Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice July 19, 2014 marks the 35th anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua. On that day, the Sandinista troops led by the nine commanders of the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN), entered the capital city of Managua where they were greeted by…
Democracy, Drug war, Honduras, Immigration, Militarism, Nicaragua, Political prisoners, Uncategorized
Honduras Solidarity Groups Demand Justice for Child Refugees from Central America – Sign the Petition!
[Alliance for Global Justice endorses the Honduras Solidarity Network statement on child refugees as our own. We are a member organization of the HSN and helped to draft the statement.] Sign the HSN Petition to Obama! The Honduras Solidarity Network, a network of over 30 US solidarity organizations, and Department 19, a network of Hondurans…
Action alerts, Drug war, Honduras, Immigration, Militarism, News, Nicaragua, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Why Aren’t Nicaragua’s Children Fleeing to the United States?
Nicaragua Network Alert — June 30, 2014 This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part. Please credit the Nicaragua Network. Click here to see revealing Border Patrol map of the origins of migrant children detainees A supporter sent us a letter to the editor she had written to counter all the right-wing letters…
Delegations & tours, Honduras, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
Two Exciting Summer Delegations to Central America!
Honduras: Human Rights Accompaniment – June 22-July 1, 2014 On the fifth anniversary of the coup that overthrew democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, the nonviolent National Front for Popular Resistance, farmers, students, labor unionists, LGBT activists, and regular people request our accompaniment in the face of violence and repression. This delegation will join with a…
Alba countries, Democracy, Latin America solidarity - general or not otherwise covered, Midge Quandt, Nicaragua, Uncategorized, Venezuela
Book Review: New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice and Consequence,
New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice and Consequence, Eds. Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg and Kenneth E. Sharpe, New York, 2012, 263 pages. Review by Midge Quandt This book consists of a group of essays about participatory democracy in Latin America. Participatory democracy is direct citizen participation in the political arena;…
Nicaragua, TDTW, Uncategorized
Blase Bonpane interviews AFGJ’s Katherine Hoyt
Blase Bonpane of the Office of the Americas interviews Alliance for Global Justice Co-Coordinator Katherine Hoyt about the Tear Down the Walls National Gathering on his weekly radio program “World Focus” on KPFK radio in Los Angeles. Interview on Tear Down the Walls
Delegations & tours, Eco-Solidarity, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
Climate Change Delegation to Nicaragua: June 10- 21st
At the crossroads between North and South America, Nicaragua is astonishingly bio-diverse and is a regional leader in terms of energy from renewable resources. It is also on the frontline of climate change, suffering increasingly from desertification, flooding and crop devastation. And, this little country is also profoundly engaged in two projects that could re-shape…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
Nicaragua News Bulletin: March 5, 2013
March 5, 2013 The Nicaragua Network notes with great sadness the death today of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. We will miss his ebullient personality, his concern for the marginalized, his commitment to grassroots democracy, and his Bolivarian dream which expanded his vision beyond Venezuela to the rest of Latin America through ALBA. We note…
Delegations & tours, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
Nicaragua Delegation: Climate Change, Water, and Sustainability
June 10 – 21, 2013, $950 (excluding airfare) Wonderfully rich in natural resources, Nicaragua has one of the world’s great stores of ‘sweet’ water. However it is also one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. In recent decades it has seen its rivers begin to dry up and its farmers to lose crops…
