by Al Winans
Nicaragua
Delegations & tours, Democracy, News, Nicaragua
Delegation Finds US Election Interference
By George Pauk, M.D. (Dr. Pauk is a member of the AFGJ board and participated in the Nicaragua Network delegation to investigate US interference in Nicaragua’s 2011 national election.) A delegation organized by the Nicaragua Network just returned from a ten day investigation of the role of the United States in the upcoming November 2011…
Drug war, Global Justice Monitor, Militarism, News, Nicaragua
Feb/March Global Justice Monitor Now Available!
We have just released our Feb/March edition of the Global Justice Monitor. It includes the following articles: The Egypt Paradox and US Government Influence Time to End the US Culture of Militarism Bolivia: Coca Leaves, Drug War and Trade Costa Rica – Nicaragua Border Conflict New Ager Spirituality and Latin American Politics News from Nicaragua…
Honduras, News, Nicaragua
Delegations to Nicaragua and Honduras
Join the Alliance for Global Justice on delegations to Nicaragua (June 19-27, 2011) and/or Honduras (June 27-July 5, 2011). In Nicaragua, we will explore the theme of US intervention in the upcoming elections. In Honduras, we will accompany the non-violent progressive coalition, National Front for Popular Resistance, as they present their plan to restore democracy…
Honduras, News, Nicaragua
“Nicaragua, Honduras and Hypocrisy” …Yes! But the hypocrisy belongs to the Washington Post
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 the Washington Post published another in its long series of editorials misrepresenting the situation in Latin America. We don’t think that ownership of a printing press entitles the Washington Post to tell deliberate lies. The editorial was published on the same day as 30 members of Congress sent a letter…
Democracy, News, Nicaragua
Foreign Influence in Elections is Wrong: Ours or Theirs
Abolish the NED and Return USAID to development: Call your elected officials and candidates! Challenge your leaders to support democracy! The political class – at least the Democrat part of it – is all aghast at the possibility that contributions by foreign corporations are tainting our electoral system. The Alliance for Global Justice Respect for…
Action alerts, Nicaragua
Christian Science Monitor Attacks Ortega
On Aug. 25, The Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, “Nicaraguans say US turns blind eye to abuses of Daniel Ortega.” As with other articles about Nicaragua published by the US corporate press over the past three decades, it would take more words than the original article to debunk all the lies, innuendos, and…
Nicaragua
May/June Global Justice Monitor Now Available
We have just released our May/June edition of the Global Justice Monitor. It includes the following articles: Bodies of the Innocent: Mass Graves Used to Cover Up Atrocities in Colombia Report from the Left Social Forum Maternal Waiting Homes of Nicaragua Mesoamerica Project: Housing Analysis AFGJ to Support Two Anti-Militarization Meetings News from Nicaragua To…
Action alerts, Nicaragua
Nicaragua Will NOT Have The Next Coup
The following is Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice’s response to the attention the possibility of a Nicaraguan coup has received in the media today. Nicaragua Will Not Be Next By Chuck Kaufman National Co-Coordinator Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice While the facts in the Prensa Latina article, “After Honduras, Nicaragua?” on April 22, 2010, and…
News, Nicaragua
Nicaragua News Bulletin (February 23, 2010)
1. Special Committee of National Assembly hears from candidates for expiring posts 2. Senators visit; Nicaraguan-US Relations appear friendly 3. Julio Aviles takes command of Nicaraguan Army 4. Government releases plan to address drought 5. Europeans to observe Atlantic Coast elections on March 7 6. Ministry of Education distributes food for daily meals for one…