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…
Daniel Ortega’s July 19 Speech Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s Speech July 19, 44th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution He spoke on Qaddafi, Thomas Sankara, Puerto Rico independence, the anti-imperialist heroes of Nicaragua, the European Community meeting with CELAC, Ukraine. Kawsachun News: President Daniel Ortega’s government sees 79% approval According to the findings of the most recent survey carried…
AFGJ Alert: Biden Administration’s nomination of Elliott Abrams to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy must be stopped! Sign on to send a letter to Biden and your Senators. Code Pink: Elliot Abrams – Tell your Senators to vote NO on his appointment! Send an email to your Senator. Ben Norton: Biden joins…
Biden nominates genocide supporter to diplomacy panel! President Joe Biden announced on July 3 that he would nominate Elliott Abrams to a position on the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Abrams was a supporter of the worst human rights violations in Central America in the 1980s and has been guilty of similar human rights…
Sunday, July 16, 2 pm ET in front of the White House, Washington, DC Can’t make it? Watch our livestream! July is an important month for the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean! July 19th is the anniversary of the Sandinista People’s Revolution in Nicaragua, AND the Third Takeover of Lima by the indigenous,…
Resumen Latinoamericano: Why Europe, U.S., China and Russia are not the same for Latin America We Latin Americans have a very well-documented history of colonization, exploitation, and occupation with Europeans and North Americans, but not with China and Russia. It was not the Russians or the Chinese who implemented Plan Condor in South America, which left…
By Roger McKenzie [This article was first published in The Morning Star of the United Kingdom. In this article, Roger McKenzie reports on an interview about Nicaragua’s education policies with Salvador Vanegas, adviser for education to President Daniel Ortega.] Salvador Vanegas, as the adviser for education to President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega, plays a central…
MorningStar (Francisco Dominguez): Alex Saab, hostage of the hybrid war against Venezuela Because the brutality and cruelty of the US blockade was wreaking havoc on the economy and millions of the most vulnerable in Venezuela were being deliberately denied their human rights to the most basic necessities of daily life, President Maduro tasked Saab with traveling…
By John Perry [John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and other outlets. Here he reports on an interview with Randall, a “historic fighter” from Nicaragua’s revolution against the Somoza dictatorship, about the attempted coup in 2018 and how the violence affected his…
June 18: The ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy It Héctor Igarza Cabrera, Cuban Ambassador to Canada Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and President of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among People Jesús Bermudez, Nicaragua Minister of…
