By Nan McCurdy In less than three months Nicaragua has been recognized at least ten times by the IMF, the World Bank, the International Development Bank, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Central American System for Economic Integration (SIECA) for…
By Coleen R. Littlejohn Masaya, about a 45 minute drive from Managua, is a lovely little city. It’s a must stop for anyone visiting Nicaragua, given its incredibly beautiful handicraft market and the lovely volcanic lake bordering a neighborhood famous for its handmade hammocks. I was there again recently to buy a hammock for my…
By Stephen Sefton Reprinted from Tortilla con Sal, August 7th 2020 “Come on with the rain, I’ve a smile on my face. I walk down the lane with a happy refrain Just singin’, singin’ in the rain“ – Gene Kelly – Singing in the Rain Having already resumed illegal unilateral coercive measures attacking Nicaragua’s economy, the…
By Nan McCurdy An orchestrated plan financed by the United States to launch a government transition in Nicaragua* over the next two years was leaked in a document from the US embassy and released July 31, 2020, by Nicaraguan journalist William Grigsby on his political analysis program “Sin Fronteras”, on Radio La Primerísima. Grigsby says…
On June 29, Tortilla con Sal interviewed Dr. Paul Oquist, Minister-Private Secretary for National Policies of the Presidency of Nicaragua, about his new book Equilibra, which focuses on the various dangers threatening life on Earth. NicaNotes highly recommends that you read the entire interview which was posted on July 10th at http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/9684. We have abstracted…
The 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution was celebrated in Nicaragua in a mainly virtual fashion with broadcasts on television, Facebook, and YouTube in the days running up to the holiday. Film strips from the 1979 insurrection, greetings from foreign dignitaries and solidarity groups along with instructions on fighting the corona virus could be viewed…
The book is edited by Nan McCurdy and written by a collective of historians, researchers and activists committed to finding and sharing the truth about US intervention in Nicaragua. 2019 was an amazing year in the search for peace in Nicaragua with The Amnesty Law and promotion of reconciliation between neighbors in every corner of…
July 5th 2020 By Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal Ever since January 2007, the Western human rights industry has attacked Nicaragua’s Sandinista government for being undemocratic and repressive. For over a decade, Nicaragua’s social and economic development and successive democratic elections repeatedly contradicted that mendacious narrative. Frustrated by Nicaragua’s embarrassing example of undeniable, sovereign, socialist-inspired social…
By Rita Jill Clark-Gollub (Washington), Erika Takeo (Managua), and Avery Raimondo (Los Angeles) (A longer version of this article was published by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on June 22, 2020: https://www.coha.org/feeding-the-people-in-times-of-pandemic-the-food-sovereignty-approach-in-nicaragua/) “A nation that cannot feed itself is not free.” Fausto Torrez, Nicaraguan Rural Workers Association An array of UN agencies is predicting a…
June 24, 2020 By Tom Ricker (This article was originally published by the Quixote Center on June 19, 2020, at https://www.quixote.org/keeping-count-in-nicaragua-during-covid-19/) At the moment, there is a debate about numbers. Official statistics concerning COVID-19 in Nicaragua are 1,823 confirmed cases, with 64 deaths. Based on official statistics, this is the lowest number of confirmed cases…
