By James Phillips (James Phillips is a cultural and political anthropologist who has lived in Nicaragua and Honduras and has studied Central America for many years. His latest book is: Extracting Honduras: Resource Exploitation, Displacement, and Forced Migration.) Elliott Abrams is being considered for a position on the State Department’s Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.…
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Venezuela & ALBA News 9.01.2023: Venezuela Prepares for Right-Wing Election Violence; new film on Nicaragua
Venezuela Venezuelanalysis: Opposition Begins Primary Race as Far Right Threatens ‘Military Rebellion’ President Maduro announced the mobilization of “Peace Squads” in order to prevent the outbreak of violence by the opposition. The race to select the opposition’s candidate in the upcoming presidential elections in Venezuela officially began amid threats of a “military rebellion” by a…
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NicaNotes: “We are building the Caribbean Coast of our dreams”
By Susan Lagos Report back from the Friends of ATC Caribbean Coast delegation, June 2023 [Susan Lagos is a retired teacher from California and retired farmer from near Dario, Nicaragua, where she has lived for 19 years.] Recently I returned from a two-week delegation trip to the Southern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCS) of Nicaragua…
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NicaNotes: The Now Defunct UCA in Nicaragua
By Germán Van de Velde [This article was first published in Spanish in Cuaderno Sandinista on August 18, 2023. It was translated into English by Jill Clark-Golub.] (Germán Van de Velde is a Belgian/Nicaraguan educator who has lived for many years in Estelí.) The Jesuits founded the now-defunct Central American University (UCA) in the 1960s.…
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Venezuela & ALBA News 8.18.2023: 2.5 Million march in support of Venezuela government; US Organized 11 Military Invasion Exercises in Latin America so far in 2023
Venezuela Ultima Noticias: Two and a half million people have mobilized in support of the President In recent weeks, more than two million people have mobilized in favor of the Maduro administration. “From August 07 to 13, there were 43 mobilizations in which more than 102 people participated,” he said. “There is a mobilized and…
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NicaNotes: The Nicaraguan Coup Attempt: How Peace Was Restored and What Has Happened Since
By Daniel Kovalik and John Perry (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 Senior Research Fellow and writer living in Masaya, Nicaragua.) [This article was first published in MRonline on August…
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Lucy Parsons Popular Human Rights School General Newsletter: Issue #2
Issue #2: Enroll in our next class; Support our students with a tax-deductible donation; AFGJ demands justice for Nicaragua & an end to U.S. human rights abuses; Download our Human Rights in the US 2023 Report; Take action! Join us in building grassroots solidarity and capacity Become a certified Human Rights Observer – enroll in…
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Venezuela & ALBA News 8.11.2023: 180 Human Rights Organizations Letter to Biden to Free Alex Saab; Cuban CP and Venezuela PSUV Sign Cooperation Agreement
Venezuela Orinoco Tribune: Portugal’s Novo Banco Ordered to Return $1.5 Billion to Venezuela Venezuelan authorities have announced that Portuguese courts have ruled in favor of Venezuela and ordered Novo Banco to return $1.5 billion illegally seized from accounts belonging to the Venezuelan government, following the failed 2019 US-led regime change operation that attempted to oust…
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NicaNotes: Nicaragua: Example to the World of How to Defend Sovereignty and Independence
By Nan McCurdy Time and again Nicaragua is showing other countries the importance of fighting for sovereignty, independence, peace and the well-being of its people. On June 27, 1986, the World Court condemned the United States for illegal war and aggression against Nicaragua and ordered the US to compensate Nicaragua for damages, estimated to run…
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NicaNotes: Now Is Not the Time to Abandon the Sandinistas
By Roger McKenzie [This article was originally published in the UK publication The Morning Star.] Returning to the UK from Nicaragua, the author asks why many progressives in the West feel qualified to denounce the Nicaraguan movement that is in a daily struggle against US imperialism. During my visit to Nicaragua to help celebrate the…