By Louise Richards The political dynamics of the Chamorro family are extremely complex. Carlos Fernando Chamorro’s father, the late Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, editor of La Prensa, was an outspoken critic of the then 33 year dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza. His assassination on January 10, 1978 — by agents still unknown — made him a national…
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Chuck Kaufman, Democracy, NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes: Dismissing the Truth Debunks Amnesty International’s Misleading Reports
By Chuck Kaufman On Tuesday, February 26, the Alliance for Global Justice and the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group (UK) released a report, Dismissing the Truth, that exhaustively rebuts two reports on human rights in Nicaragua in 2018 by Amnesty International. The Amnesty International reports accuse the democratically-elected government of Nicaragua of “a strategy of…
David Archuleta, Español, NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
Viendo Nicaragua Por Primera Vez: Un Nuevo Sentido del Internacionalismo.
Aquellos de nosotros que admiramos y buscamos la verdad nos encontramos en una época de creciente ansiedad. Más allá de la izquierda y la derecha políticas, hay narrativas que compiten sobre lo que realmente está ocurriendo en el país y en el extranjero. Los puntos de vista de Venezuela llevan la discusión a través de…
David Archuleta, NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
Fresh Eyes on Nicaragua: A Renewed Sense of Internationalism
By David Archuleta En Espanol Aqui Those of us who admire and search for truth find ourselves in an age of increasing anxiety. Beyond the political left and right are competing narratives of what is actually occurring at home and in foreign countries. Views of Venezuela rend discussion across the US, for example, as some…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes: Learning the Lessons of Empire and Solidarity: No Contras in Venezuela!
By Josh Bergeron, February 8, 2019 [Josh Bergeron is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is currently writing a dissertation about the solidarity movements of the 70s-80s, entitled “The North American Front”: Direct Action Anti-Imperialism in the Latin America Solidarity Movement, 1969-1992. He says, “But my interest is not purely academic,…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes: Street sellers,trade unionists,contributors to Nicaragua’s wealth!
Originally published on the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Website News from Nicaragua | Tuesday, 22 January 2019 | Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign (UK) The social economy in Nicaragua is the largest in Latin America, generating 40% of the country’s wealth and representing 90% of the workforce. It is made up of co-operatives, associations, small and medium businesses and farms, and…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes: Nicaraguan Government Works to Maintain Economic Stability
Nicaraguan Government Works to Maintain Economic Stability By Nan McCurdy The Nicaraguan government developed and honored a tripartite decision-making system when it came to anything about workers. Since 2007 that system worked well, especially for determining the minimum salary in different sectors every six months. The workers, the large businesses and the government met twice…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
Life under the dictatorship vs. Life under Sandinismo
Alliance for Global Justice co-sponsored a recent delegation organized by Friends of the ATC (Farmworkers Union). Delegates lived and worked alongside ATC members. Susan Lagos, a long-time Nicaragua resident and former campesina (peasant farmer) herself, translated into English the life experiences told by Emerita Vega, the head of household of the family she stayed with.…
Anti-War, Democracy, NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
NicaNotes: Luis Almagro calls for foreign intervention in Nicaragua (again)
NicaNotes is a blog for Nicaragua activists and those interested in Nicaragua, published by the Nicaragua Network, a project of the Alliance for Global Justice. It provides news and analysis from the context of Nicaragua Network’s long history of struggle in solidarity with the Sandinista Revolution. Guest Blogs on the OAS and a Movie Review of Las Sandinistas…
Chuck Kaufman, NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes: US NICA Act Aims to Cut Nicaragua Access to Capital While Nicaragua Targets US Funding Pipeline to the Opposition
by Chuck Kaufman The Nicaraguan government removed the legal standing last week of nine non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that supported the attempted coup that disrupted much of the country for three months last spring and summer. It should also be remembered that Violeta Chamorro removed the legal standing of nine NGOs when she was president from…