Free Alex Saab Case Venezuelanalysis: Alex Saab’s Lawyers Demand US Courts Uphold Diplomatic Immunity, Warn of ‘Dangerous’ Precedent As part of the defense argument, his lawyer David Rivkin asserted that Saab’s case could set a “dangerous” precedent for international diplomacy. “This is essential. If the US violates the diplomatic immunity of ambassadors and special envoys…
NicaNotes, like most of Nicaragua, will take a vacation for Semana Santa (Holy Week). We’ll be back on April 21st. By Erika Takeo and Rohan Rice [This article was first published by the People’s Dispatch on November 04, 2021, at https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/11/04/womens-struggle-in-nicaragua-from-liberation-fighters-to-building-an-alternative-society/ ] Erika Takeo is a member of the International Relations Secretariat of the Rural…
By Becca Mohally Renk Becca lives with her husband Paul and their two children in Ciudad Sandino, and since 2001 has worked with the Jubilee House Community and its project the Center for Development in Central America. When we arrive at her home near the cemetery in Nicaragua’s northern city of Matagalpa, 91 year-old Dorothy…
By Ben Gutman [This article was first published on January 20, 2022, by the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) at https://www.coha.org/nicaragua-a-renewed-partnership-with-china-defangs-us-regime-change-tactics/] (Ben Gutman is an independent writer, researcher, and organizer. He is currently working on the outsourcing of US border militarization to Guatemala in collaboration with the Guatemala Solidarity Project and the Promoters of Migrant…
By MB Grimes (Grimes is a 2021 Friends of the ATC intern and delegation participant.) [Like many of you reading this, we know that participating in delegations to Nicaragua changes lives. The Friends of the ATC solidarity network in the past 5 years has hosted 10 delegations with a focus on incorporating young people into…
Alliance for Global Justice and Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group (NSCAG) invite you to a webinar “Nicaragua’s Advances in Labor Relations” Sunday, March 13 12 noon Pacific / 1 PM Nicaragua / 3 PM Eastern / 7 PM Greenwich UK (These times reflect the US change to Daylight Saving on March 13; the UK remains…
Evo Morales remembers Hugo Chavez We remember 9 years [died March 5, 2013] of the departure of our brother, comrade and commander, Hugo Chávez Frías, amidst the pain of millions of Venezuelans and Latin Americans who said goodbye to the great revolutionary leader who opened the path of Socialism of the XXI Century for the…
Please join us for a webinar in English and Spanish: Nicaragua’s Advances in Labor Relations; Sunday, March 13: 3pm ET, 1pm Nicaragua, and please spread the word, thanks! Read More Here Nicaragua vs. Costa Rica on Elections and Government By Fiorella Isabel [Fiorella Isabel is an independent journalist on Substack, and host of the news…
Venezuela Venezuela’s Representative to the UN address to the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine “We regret to note that the current escalation, with the painful and terrible loss of life that it has entailed, originates from the breach of the Minsk Agreements under the encouragement of the United States of America. The…
By Stansfield Smith [Stan Smith was on delegations to Nicaragua in February 2020 and October 2021. He is editor of the Alliance for Global Justice’s “Venezuela & ALBA Weekly News” and https://chicagoalbasolidarity.org/.] Women, particularly those in the Third World, often find themselves with limited ability to participate in community organizations and political life because of…
