The Alliance for Global Justice started its activist life as the Nicaragua Network way back in February, 1979, six months before the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution. During the 1980s we took thousands of people to Nicaragua to pick coffee, build health centers and schools, plant trees, and generally witness for themselves the reality of…
I’ve been thinking about what a Trump presidency is going to mean for Nicaragua and the ALBA countries. My basic conclusion is: how can it be any worse than it has been under Obama’s presidency, or would have been under Hillary Clinton’s presidency? Since Bill Clinton, Democrats have sub-contracted US policy toward Latin America to the far-right,…
This week’s guest blog is by a correspondent who prefers to remain anonymous due to their job in Nicaragua. H.R 5708 will not be voted on by the Senate during the remaining days of the lame duck session, but could be reintroduced as a new bill in the House after the new Congress reconvenes in January. It…
by Alice Loaiza, California Chapter of the Marcha Patriótica WHY THE US WON’T SUPPORT PEACE IN COLOMBIA 1. The US has never supported peace in Colombia starting with Plan Lazo and the counterinsurgency team sent to Colombia by the US to crush Marquetalia and the intervention of Brigadier General Yarborough who visited Colombia in…
The United States is building walls and militarizing both the US-Mexico border and Mexico’s southern border. The US is also building prison walls throughout Mexico and militarizing police as living walls to repress and reign in popular movements. When Mexican police fire on striking teachers and normal school students, they’re using weapons made in the…
Due to a temporary health issue I was unable to write this week’s blog, nor will I be able to write next week’s blog. Thanks to Tortilla con Sal for filling in this week. Visit their site at www.tortillaconsal.com for many great articles and analysis in English and Spanish. I’m looking for a Guest Blog for next week.…
In English Queridas hermanos y camaradas: Es con una tristeza profunda que les escribimos para ofrecer nuestras condolencias por las víctimas de los recientes ataques contra sus organizaciones y contra todo el proceso de paz. Hemos sabido que 72 defensores de derechos laborales y humanos, activistas por la paz, dirigentes indígenas y ambientalistas han sido…
This week’s Guest Blog returns to the subject of Nicaragua’s Nov. 6 elections from the point of view of Brian Willson who was invited as an official observer. The 2016 Presidential Elections: A Report From Nicaragua by S. Brian Willson, November 25, 2016 On November 6, Nicaragua held its national elections, two days before the US…
En español Dear Sisters, Brothers, Friends and Comrades, It is with deep sorrow that we write to express our condolences for the recent assaults against your organizations and against the entire process for peace. We have learned that 72 human and labor rights defenders, peace activists, indigenous leaders and environmentalists were assassinated in 2016 alone.…
El Nuevo Diario interviewed documented Nicaraguans in the United States a few days after the US presidential election was won by Donald Trump. As one would expect, given the number of Somocistas who settled in Miami after the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, what they found was a mixed bag. Some voted for Trump and others couldn’t believe that…
