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NicaNotes is a blog for Nicaragua activists and those interested in Nicaragua, published by the Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice. You can read more about the history of the blog on the About page.



NicaNotes: What We Learned about Agroecology from Nicaragua

By Rick Kohn [Rick Kohn is a professor of Animal Science at the University of Maryland. His interests include evaluating and implementing methods to decrease adverse environmental effects from animal agriculture including effects on air and water resources and climate change. Rick worked in Nicaragua in 1987-1988 as an internationalist with the Union of Farmers…

NicaNotes: Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy

By Sara Flounders [Sara Flounders is an organizer and the author of ten books. She is a Contributing Editor of Workers World Newspaper, Co-Director of International Action Center, helps coordinate the UNAC – United National Antiwar Coalition and the SanctionsKill Campaign. She is Editor and a co-author of the book SANCTIONS – A Wrecking Ball…

NicaNotes: The United Nations is Being Used by the U.S. in its Propaganda War Against Nicaragua

By John Perry (John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and elsewhere.) [This article was first published in Covert Action Magazine.] A biased new report lends weight to U.S. regime-change operations targeting the Sandinista government. While the United States pays little regard…

NicaNotes: Gracias a Dios: The People’s Church in Nicaragua

By Becca Renk [This article was first published by LAProgressive on March 4, 2023.] (Becca Renk has worked in sustainable community development in Nicaragua since 2001, and organizes study trips to Nicaragua through the Casa Ben Linder in Managua. She lives with her family in Ciudad Sandino.) “We are not typical Catholics,” explains Yamil Ríos of…

NicaNotes ACTION ALERT: UN Human Rights Report on Nicaragua is Fatally Flawed and Should be Withdrawn

This week’s NicaNotes features an action alert from Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, in response to an extremely negative report (summary is here) released on March 2 by the UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN).  We see this report as not only biased, but replete with false statements.  We are asking for organizational and individual…