By Becca Renk Becca Renk is originally from the U.S. but has lived and worked in Nicaragua since 2001 with the Jubilee House Community and its project the Center for Development in Central America. It wasn’t quite a manger, but after I was born, my parents wrapped me in swaddling clothes and laid me in…
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…
Venezuela and Cuba against US-Israeli Massacres TeleSur: Stop the Zionist Genocide Against the Palestinians: Maduro “I call on Muslim people, Arab peoples and the peoples of the World to raise their voices against the Nazi genocide against the Palestinians,” he said, noting that the Israeli occupation forces continue to bomb hospitals, mosques, churches and…
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…
Cuba and Venezuela updates on Israeli War on Palestinians TeleSur: Cuba Blames the US for Israeli Impunity in Gaza Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stated the current situation is the result of 75 years of illegal occupation, violations of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in their own territory, and Israel’s aggressive and expansionist policies.…
By Marvin Ortega (A longer version of this article was published in Spanish by Cuaderno Sandinista on September 27, 2023. English translation by Jill Clark-Gollub.) Marvin Ortega is a Nicaraguan sociologist and political analyst. The propaganda machine of the Society of Jesus has trained its guns on Nicaragua by throwing mud from thousands of schools…
By Becca Renk Becca Renk is originally from the U.S. but has lived and worked in Nicaragua since 2001 with the Jubilee House Community and its project the Center for Development in Central America. She and her husband Paul have two daughters who have studied in Nicaraguan public schools for 15 years. Thanks to a…
Nicaragua: Advances & Autonomy a project by AFGJ-Nicaragua Network & Casa Benjamin Linder invites you to join the Virtual Course & Film Festival The Rights of Indigenous & Afrodescendant Peoples in Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast October 19-November 9, 2023 (4 sessions) Register here! Session 1: International Solidarity Thursday, October 19 / 7pm Eastern / 5pm Central…
Margaret Kimberly Interviews Camila Escalante (This is a transcription of a podcast interview on Black Agenda Report on September 15, 2023.) Margaret Kimberley is Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of Black Agenda Report and the host of the Black Agenda Radio podcast. Camila Escalante is a Canadian journalist who has reported from different Latin American…
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil Speech at UN General Assembly September 23Two days ago, the National Assembly of Venezuela unanimously decided to call upon our people to participate in a Consultative Referendum to reaffirm the defence of our sovereign territory in the face of the aggression of the American empire, which seeks to lead us…
