By John Perry This article was originally published by NACLA on August 6, 2021: https://nacla.org/sanctions-may-impoverish-nicaraguans-won%27t-change-their-vote [John Perry is based in Nicaragua and writes on Central America for The Nation, The London Review of Books, openDemocracy, The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Counterpunch and other outlets.] In 1985, when President Reagan declared Nicaragua “an unusual and extraordinary…
By Arnold Matlin [This essay appeared in The Livingston County News on July 29, 2021.] (Dr. Arnold Matlin traveled to Nicaragua for the first time in 1988, and has been in solidarity with the Nicaraguan Revolution since then, receiving the Medal of the 25th Anniversary of the Revolution in 2004. He is a member of…
Please sign on as an individual to the “Hands Off Nicaragua!” solidarity letter calling on the US to stop interfering in Nicaragua! Sign HERE Remembering Ben Linder’s legacy through the Ben Linder Solidarity School By Erika Takeo (Erika Takeo is a North American based in Managua, Nicaragua. She is the coordinator of the Friends of the ATC,…
By Chuck Kaufman [This presentation was part of a Nicaragua Network webinar on July 18, 2021, that also included panelist Nils McCune. You can watch that webinar here. The next Nicanet webinar is August 22 and will feature Saul Arana and Sofia Clark. Register here.] (Chuck Kaufman has been on the national staff of the…
Your group or organization can still sign on to this solidarity letter against US intervention in Nicaragua! Click here! Not a group? Individuals can now sign on to the letter. Click here to add your name! Please share the letter widely with your organizations, with news outlets and members of Congress. Read the letter and…
Chickens of San Juan de Limay are being vaccinated for Newcastle Disease under a project supported by Casa Baltimore-Limay. Bringing the Voices of the Nicaraguan People to Congress By Casa Baltimore-Limay and Friends of Latin America “These people do not have access to the US Congress or media – but their lives are heavily impacted…
Nicaragua´s Inspiring Social and Economic Advances By Coleen R. Littlejohn (Coleen is an International development economist who has lived most of her professional life in Nicaragua since early 1980, working for different local and international NGOs as well as the World Bank in Nicaragua, Liberia and Ghana. She has also worked in Colombia and Chile.) Even as…
What If It Happened Like This in the US? By Kathleen Murdock and Becca Mohally Renk (Kathleen and Becca work with the Center for Development in Central America, a project of the Jubilee House Community in Nicaragua.) We have had a good many people to write us and ask us what in the world is…
WEBINAR SUNDAY, JUNE 20 12 PM Pacific / 1 PM Nicaragua / 3 PM Eastern / 8 PM UK / 9 PM W. Europe REGISTER NOW Join us! This 90-minute webinar will start with Jorge Capelán who will discuss Nicaragua’s current defensive actions against US destabilization and intervention in the November elections. Then Winnie Narvaez and Coleen Littlejohn will discuss the…
Which Way Forward for Solidarity? By Chuck Kaufman Conversations have been taking place recently about the Nicaraguan government’s decision to arrest certain people for money laundering and violations of the Foreign Agents law passed in October 2020 as well as the December 2020 law making treason a crime. The Foreign Agents law, like the Foreign…
