By Nan McCurdy Nicaragua had its first case of Covid-19 March 18, and up until May 11 had only 25 confirmed cases. The Health Ministry, incredibly, was able to push off community contagion for nearly two months, in part, by careful contact tracing and close monitoring of all Covid-positive contacts. Only recently have a few…
By Nan McCurdy Costa Rica appears to be trying to cause hunger and shortages in Central America by blocking nearly a 1,000 trucks going south through Central America with food and merchandize, some of it for treating and dealing with COVID-19. The trucks are from every country in Central America, but the majority are from…
By Yorlis Luna Published originally by the Council of Hemispheric Affairs, COHA I think when many of us look at the world today we feel like we’re watching a science fiction movie: 22 million officially unemployed in the U.S. while analysts say the true figure may be double that, predictions of the worst economic crisis…
Interview of Diana Martinez by Rita Jill Clark-Gollub On April 23, 2020, I spoke to my friend, Diana Martínez, president of the Fundación Entre Mujeres (FEM) in rural, northern Nicaragua. The 2,500 women of the FEM work together to defend their rights and their health, and practice agroecology. I called Diana in Estelí to…
BlacklistedNews: Wikileaks Puts all their files Online Venezuela Pittsburgh Post Gazette editorial: The U.S. does not need a war in Venezuela The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the United States into crisis, and its citizenry is in desperate need of medical, economic and moral support. What the people do not need, or want, is another war.…
By Becca Mohally Renk Becca Mohally Renk has lived in Nicaragua for 20 years, working with the Jubilee House Community and its project, the Center for Development in Central America in Ciudad Sandino, just outside of Managua. Since the announcement of the coronavirus pandemic in March, we have seen opposition media in Nicaragua quoting unnamed…
Submitted by tortilla, 4/15/2020 President Daniel Ortega addresses Nicaragua’s people (and a world in crisis) Good afternoon, Nicaraguan sisters and brothers, Nicaraguan families. First, our Solidarity and our Condolences to all the families who are suffering from the hardships of this pandemic, whose loved ones have died; some who are in serious condition in Intensive care;…
By Ben Norton This version of the article is excerpted from a longer article that originally was published by the Grayzone Project The coronavirus pandemic has paralyzed the global economy, unleashing what is easily the worst crisis since the Great Recession of 2008, if not since the Great Depression of 1929. In Nicaragua, US-backed right-wing…
On March 31 my husband and I traveled from Mexico City to Managua. In the Nicaragua airport all passengers were tested for temperature – this is a measure taken by the Sandinista government since another epidemic in 2009. These checks are also done at all the border crossings. Trained Health Ministry staff met for more…
Reprinted from March 23, 2020, Council on Hemispheric Affairs http://www.coha.org/nicaraguans-in-costa-rica-a-manufactured-refugee-crisis/ By John Perry From Masaya, Nicaragua The situation has mostly normalized in Nicaragua and yet the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is promoting an imminent refugee crisis narrative. 80% of the recent asylum requests came from people who had been living and working…
