Monthly Review: New Era of US Financial Warfare The recent tightening of the economic blockade on Cuba, plus the related economic sanctions directed at Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths there, can be understood only in the context of the new era of financial warfare, which the US has unleashed on targeted countries.…
Statement from the Free Alex Saab Committee: US Illegally Extradites Venezuelan Diplomat from Cabo Verde to the US The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was renditioned, kidnapped to the US on October 16 without waiting for a final extradition decision. The action was taken in secret, without notifying his defense team and without relevant documentation.…
Alliance for Global Justice and the Nicaraguan Network Present the Webinar: Nicaragua’s Amazing Advances in Gender Equality Featuring: Shaira Downs Morgan, Council President Nicaragua’s South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and Yorlis Gabriela Luna, popular educator and agricultural researcher Latin American Agroecological Institute, Via Campesina in Nicaragua In this webinar, Nan McCurdy describes awards…
Sanctions Kill Report: The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions Table of Contents: Introduction; Findings; Conclusions; Recommendations;Voices from the Sanctioned; Impact of sanctions on specific countries; Graphics and Photos; Source of information on Sanctions / Unilateral Coercive Measures Peoples Dispatch: 18 countries issue call for defense of UN charter The group’s members currently are Algeria,…
Webinar with Larry Spencer and Haeden Wright! September 28th, 2021: Stanfield Smith hosts a conversation with Larry Spencer, UMWA District 20 Vice President, who represents the 1,100 coal miners in three UMWA locals which have been on strike against Warrior Met in Alabama since April 1, 2021, and Haeden Wright, an auxillary president for…
Political Prisoner Alex Saab Ultima Noticias: Alena Douhan reiterates that diplomat Alex Saab must be released Douhan stressed that “we are doing everything possible,” that “continuing the media campaign is important,” noting that her office works to promote the release of the Venezuelan diplomat, detained by Cape Verde at the service of the US. …
By Yader Lanuza [Yader Lanuza is a Nicaraguan scholar who teaches sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.] The Excuse Since the house arrest of former president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro’s daughter Cristiana Chamorro for money laundering and other crimes, the US and international assault against the Sandinista government has grown. This is the…
Nicaragua Tortilla con Sal (Stephan Sefton): Nicaragua: Media Disinformation and Fraudulent Misreporting in Support of US Foreign Policy Interventionism A good illustration why Nicaragua took the self-defense measures it did to stop this new potential contra war. Video Nicaragua against Empire: Sandinistas Speak – Nicaraguans Defend their Revolution Take action to Stop illegal Sanctions on…
Please plan to attend a webinar with Nicaragua’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Denis Moncada on Thursday, September 23. Register here: bit.ly/nicasolidarity or scroll to the end of NicaNotes for more information. Stop US-Directed Regime Change in Nicaragua; Stop the RENACER Act! [This article was first published in Popular Resistance on Sept. 14, 2021.] On Monday, September…
View the Nicaragua Network Monthly Webinar: Nicaragua Advances, Despite Attacks from Left and Right In the run-up to Nicaragua’s November elections, prominent left-wing figures and others are criticizing Daniel Ortega’s government. Our September speakers will carefully examine claims of the critics. John Perry asks what these detractors are calling for, and how this squares with what Nicaraguans…
