Cuba Granma: U.S. intelligence services operate against Cuba’s finances The maneuvers carried out to induce inflation within the Cuban market, which have been divided into four stages: shortages, induced inflation, supply boycott and financial blockade. The aims of the most recent onslaught of the CIA and associated agencies are to attack the currency, not only…
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NicaNotes Newsletter
NicaNotes: Letter to my Senators about Sanctions/Unilateral Coercive Measures
By Jonah Blaustein Jonah Blaustein lives in Maryland and has been a peace and justice activist since the 1970s. He has been learning about Nicaragua’s significant social and political achievements for the past several years. After so many years of calling or writing the United States Congress attempting to shift the political mind-scape of this…
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NicaNotes: Nicaragua Leads the World: Holding Countries Accountable Without War or Sanctions
By Becca Renk Becca Renk grew up in North Idaho and has lived in Nicaragua since 2001 working in sustainable community development in Ciudad Sandino with Jubilee House Community and its project, Center for Development in Central America. [This article was first published by the Casa Ben Linder on February 13, 2024.] I was 13…
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NicaNotes: World Court Israel Ruling and the 1986 Judgment against the US in the Nicaragua Case
By Nat Parry [This article was first published in Consortium News on January 29, 2024.] Nat Parry is the author of the forthcoming book Samuel Adams and the Vagabond Henry Tufts: Virtue Meets Vice in the Revolutionary Era. He is editor of American Dispatches: A Robert Parry Reader. Now that the International Court of Justice…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua
NicaNotes – Nicaragua 2023: Social Advances
By Nan McCurdy and Katherine Hoyt Just in 2023 Nicaragua has made incredible social advances to improve the well-being of the population. We will only cover a few examples here. Once again, according to the annual World Economic Forum 2023 Gender Gap Index, Nicaragua has ranked in 7th place worldwide in gender equality, and first in all of…
Alba countries, Venezuela & ALBA Weekly Newsletter
Venezuela & ALBA News 11.24.2023 Latin America in Solidarity with Palestine; New US Provocations against Venezuela
Latin America and Palestine Resumen Latinoamericano: Latin America Is Leading the Way in Standing Up to Israel Colombia President Petro: ““It’s called genocide, and it’s done to remove the Palestinian people from Gaza and appropriate it. The head of the government that commits this genocide is a criminal against humanity. His allies cannot speak of…
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NicaNotes: US sanctions hit Nicaragua’s social investment programs
By John Perry [This article was first published in The Morning Star on Nov. 7, 2023.] (John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and other outlets.) Which country spends nearly two-thirds of its budget on tackling poverty? When I met Nicaragua’s finance…
Alba countries, Venezuela & ALBA Weekly Newsletter
Venezuela & ALBA News 11.3.2023: UN again condemns US Blockade of Cuba; Cuba and Nicaragua Palestine statements; US-Guyana Provocations surrounding Essequibo
UN Vote on US Blockade against Cuba Radio Havana Cuba: Overwhelming United Nations condemnation of US blockade against Cuba 187 countries voted in favor. Countries voting for continuing the genocidal blockade against Cuba are the two Palestine genociders, the US and Israel. US puppet, Zelensky’s Ukraine abstained. Cuba’s Report for the UN General Assembly entitled “Necessity…
NicaNotes Newsletter, Nicaragua, Respect for Democracy
Sign Today: Statement affirming Nicaragua’s sovereignty and achievements!
** Español abajo Dear supporters, We are asking for your help to de-escalate hostility against the people of Nicaragua. Will you join the AFGJ – Nicaragua Network and other international organizations endorsing the following statement: “SUPPORTING NICARAGUA’S SOVEREIGNTY, HONORING ITS ACHIEVEMENTS,” and spread the word to friends and organizations? To endorse, just send an email…
Venezuela, Webinars
Webinar: Economic Warfare, Sanctions & U.S. Intervention in Venezuela – December 1
Is there economic warfare in Venezuela? Has the situation improved? How have Venezuelans faced the economic war during all these years? Join the webinar Economic Warfare, Sanctions & U.S. Intervention to hear an answer to these questions and more! Thursday, December 1, 2022 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 3 pm Caracas Register…