Remarks by Sofía M. Clark This is a talk given at the memorial ceremony held at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua-Managua (UNAN), 8 June 2020. Sofia M. Clark, Master of International Law, was Deputy Chief of Staff for Fr. Miguel d’Escoto during the 63rd session of the UNGA, and currently at the Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann…
On May Day, Friends of the ATC (Rural Workers Association) released a series of testimonies from the ATC Estelí federation, which has a large presence in the tobacco/cigar making industry but also organizes peasant farmers in rural areas near the city of Estelí. This is the second publication in a four-part series of testimonies from…
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…
