Nicaragua

Venezuela & ALBA News 3.17.2023: US Southern Command Plan to Control Latin America vs China’s Role; UN Human Rights Council Smears Nicaragua; Upcoming Delegations

US Southern Command: The Empire on the Charge in Latin America This SOUTHCOM document is a preparation for war on Latin American sovereignty, and a preparation for war on Russia and China. It reasserts and updates the Monroe Doctrine that America is US private property and the US is ready to fight to keep it.…

NicaNotes: Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting in Nicaragua

By Jill Clark-Gollub (Jill Clark-Gollub organizes study delegations to Nicaragua and has published in outlets including COHA, Popular Resistance, and Alliance for Global Justice.) [This article was first published in Counterpunch on March 3, 2023.] Hybrid warfare tactics, including information warfare and the co-opting of human rights groups, make it hard to tell the good…

Venezuela & ALBA News: 3.10.2023: US Smear Campaign against Nicaragua; Remembering Hugo Chavez; International Women’s Day

Nicaragua Popular Resistance (Jill Clark-Gollup): Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting In Nicaragua The 222 people recently released to the US who were convicted of treason in Nicaragua for savage acts of violence against their people. They had benefited from an amnesty in 2019, but violated its terms by participating in a new coup plot in…

Venezuela & ALBA News 3.3.2023: 10th Anniversary of Hugo Chavez’ Death; Why 222 Nicaraguan Criminals Were Deported; Biden says Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism

Our Own Path to Socialism: Selected Speeches of Hugo Chávez Hugo Chávez’s speeches are a call to action, challenging us to take up the task of building a socialism.The Bolivarian Revolution put forth a path to liberation for Venezuela and the continent, declaring socialism as the only way of defeating capitalism and imperialism. MondoWeiss: AFGJ,…

NicaNotes: Why 222 Nicaraguan Criminals Were Deported and Why They and Others Lost Their Citizenship

By the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition [The Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition is an international coalition of organizations and individuals who support Nicaragua’s sovereignty. Its purpose is to share with the public accurate information about Nicaragua and to counter misinformation and lies about the country that are published in the media. Writings are based on personal experiences in Nicaragua as well…

Venezuela & ALBA News 2.24.2023: US is after Piedad Cordoba in its Alex Saab frame-up; Petro and AMLO denounce Peru coup regime

Orinoco Tribune: President Petro: Peru’s Security Forces Behaving Like Nazis Gustavo Petro, described the Peruvian police as “Nazis” for killing their own people. “In Peru, they stomp their own people, like Nazis, breaking the American Convention on Human Rights.” Since last December, when the protests began, some 69 people have lost their lives, the majority…

Venezuela & ALBA News #440, 2.17.2023: State Terrorism in Peru; Alex Saab & Ana Belen Montes; US Attacks on Socialists at Home and Abroad

AFGJ: SOS – AfGJ has been attacked! Alliance for Global Justice and our fiscally-sponsored projects are under attack by right-wing media. They try to intimidate us and neutralize our effectiveness in supporting movements for liberation and justice worldwide. They convinced the company that handles our credit card donations to block AfGJ from use of this…

NicaNotes: A Nation’s Sovereignty and Dignity Are Not Negotiable

Excerpts from President Daniel Ortega’s speech on February 9 (Translation to English by Stephen Sefton, editing by Nan McCurdy) In a positive step aimed at contributing to peace, stability and national reconciliation, the Nicaraguan government decided on 9 February to release 222 individuals who were convicted of serious crimes. They actively participated in the US-funded…