Orinoco Tribune: President Maduro Calls Vente Venezuela Terrorist Organization, Warns of Attacks He condemned the attempted attack against him by extremist factions, and denouncing the far-right opposition organization Vente Venezuela as a “terrorist movement” that threatens not only his life, but the peace and stability of the country. Over the course of two weeks, two…
By Francisco Javier Bautista Lara Francisco Javier Bautista Lara is a Nicaraguan political analyst and writer of fiction and nonfiction. He was a founder of the Sandinista Police in 1979 and has served in several government positions, including as ambassador to the Vatican. “Authentic religion is a source of peace and not of violence! No…
PeoplesDispatch: Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new US regime change scheme Venezuela has long been a target for US intervention because of its efforts to build an alternative model to the neoliberal capitalism. First theorized and implemented under the leadership of Chávez, the Bolivarian Revolution puts forward a new model that emphasizes using the country’s…
By Helen Yuill Helen Yuill lives in London and works for the UK-based Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign. [This article was originally published on 29 February 2024 on the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign web page.) ‘The climate crisis has many dimensions: social, political, economic, environmental, moral, ethical, and ideological. The way out of the crisis must address the root…
Cuba Granma: U.S. intelligence services operate against Cuba’s finances The maneuvers carried out to induce inflation within the Cuban market, which have been divided into four stages: shortages, induced inflation, supply boycott and financial blockade. The aims of the most recent onslaught of the CIA and associated agencies are to attack the currency, not only…
By Becca Renk (Becca Renk has lived in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, for more than 20 years, working in sustainable development with the Jubilee House Community and its project, the Center for Development in Central America. Becca and the JHC-CDCA recently hosted the Power & Protagonism: Women in Nicaragua Brigade. Find out how you can visit…
Venezuelanalysis: Maduro Rejects Haiti Military Intervention at CELAC Summit President Maduro spoke out against efforts to subject Haiti to further military interventions during the VIII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). “We do not agree with a disguised invasion of any sort..The solution is not another invasion…The solution is for…
By Jonah Blaustein Jonah Blaustein lives in Maryland and has been a peace and justice activist since the 1970s. He has been learning about Nicaragua’s significant social and political achievements for the past several years. After so many years of calling or writing the United States Congress attempting to shift the political mind-scape of this…
Venezuelanalysis: President Maduro Recognizes Aaron Bushnell Sacrifice, Calls For Stop to Gaza Genocide Maduro paid tribute to Aaron Bushnell, the US airman who immolated himself outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, to bring attention to the genocide against the Palestinian people. In his final words, Bushnell called for stopping the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Maduro…
by John Perry [This article was first published in Covert Action Magazine on February 6, 2024] John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and other outlets. Why do United Nations human rights bodies focus on some countries, but not others? Why do…
