Nicaragua Webinar The View from the Ground: What We Experienced in Nicaragua in 2018 Sunday May 28, 2023 3pm Eastern, noon Pacific, 1pm Nicaragua, 8pm Greenwich/UK Register here! Please join us for this 90-minute webinar. The four speakers lived through the attempted coup, April – July 2018, and will describe how it has affected their current…
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NicaNotes: The Experience of Nicaragua in Managing the Covid Pandemic
By Coleen Littlejohn (Coleen Littlejohn is a development economist who has worked for Catholic Relief Services in Colombia, Chile and Nicaragua, for Save the Children-Canada in Nicaragua, and the World Bank in Nicaragua and Liberia, West Africa. She was the first in-country staff person of the Nicaragua Network office in Managua from early 1986 to…
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Venezuela & ALBA News 5.19.2023: US Looting of Venezuela; Venezuela and Nicaraguan Laws against US NGOs; US Harasses Cuba May Day visitors
Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Venezuela’s NGO Oversight Law to Ensure Transparency According to Deputy Diosdado Cabello, “62 NGOs operate in the country, and none of them have a social purpose, but a political one, which is contrary to the laws of the nation.” The NGO oversight law has not been received well by opposition figures, as…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes: How “Peaceful Protests” in Nicaragua Became an Attempted Coup
By John Perry and Dan Kovalik (Daniel Kovalik is a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA). He teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. John Perry is a COHA Senior Research Fellow and writer living in Masaya, Nicaragua.) Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent insurrection that…
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NicaNotes: What We Learned about Agroecology from Nicaragua
By Rick Kohn [Rick Kohn is a professor of Animal Science at the University of Maryland. His interests include evaluating and implementing methods to decrease adverse environmental effects from animal agriculture including effects on air and water resources and climate change. Rick worked in Nicaragua in 1987-1988 as an internationalist with the Union of Farmers…
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NicaNotes: Unity Through Sports: Nicaragua Participates in ALBA Games
By Becca Renk (Becca Renk has worked in sustainable community development in Nicaragua since 2001, and organizes study trips to Nicaragua through the Casa Ben Linder in Managua. If you are interested, contact her at <[email protected]>. She lives with her family in Ciudad Sandino.) For the past five years, I have told foreigners visiting Nicaragua: “Don’t…
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Book Review: Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance, by Daniel Kovalik
Reviewed by Jill Clark-Gollub and John Perry COHA The latest book by labor and human rights attorney, Daniel Kovalik, Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance (2023, Clarity Press, 292 pages), is a worthy addition to the author’s collection of works on countries targeted by U.S. imperialism, such as Venezuela, Russia, and Iran. While giving readers…
Delegations & tours, Free Alex Saab Campaign, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Venezuela & ALBA Weekly Newsletter, Webinars
Venezuela & ALBA News #450, 4.28.2023: Forbes Mag Defends Alex Saab; Harry Belafonte; Colombia conference on Venezuela; Maduro a Neoliberal?
Political Prisoner Alex Saab Forbes.com: What Leaders Need To Know About The Alex Saab Case And International Diplomatic Law “The fact that the U.S. does not recognize the Maduro government in Caracas is irrelevant. What matters is that both the sending state – Venezuela – and the receiving state – Iran – have recognized Saab…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes: Five Years Ago in Nicaragua: A Coup Attempt Begins
By Dan Kovalik and John Perry [This article was first published in Monthly Review Online on April 12, 2023, and then in Counterpunch on April 14.] (Daniel Kovalik is a Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. John Perry is a COHA…
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NicaNotes: A Timeline of Events in Nicaragua, April-July 2018
Produced by the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition The 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua has been in the mainstream media lately but the coverage has been completely one-sided and does not reflect the horrors inflicted on the population by the coup mongers with money and training from the US. April 18 was the fifth anniversary of the…