[This is another in our series of articles remembering the history of the movement in solidarity with the Nicaraguan Revolution. It recounts a day in the life of a British volunteer on a school building brigade forty years ago. It was first published by the UK’s Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign.] In 1984/5 the first Nicaragua Solidarity…
By Katherine Hoyt [This article was first published by the Nicaragua Network on July 19, 2009, the thirtieth anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. We republish it now for the 45th anniversary.] (Katherine Hoyt is retired co-coordinator of the Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice. She lived for 16 years in Nicaragua between 1966 and 1984.) Right…
By John Perry [This article was first published in FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting).] (John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR, Covert Action Magazine and others.) When Nicaragua accused Germany of aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in Gaza at the International…
By Katherine Hoyt (Katherine Hoyt lived in Nicaragua for 16 years. She is a retired Co-Coordinator of the Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice and a current board member. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and is the author of The Many Faces of Sandinista Democracy among other publications.) [This article is taken from Thirty…
Nicaragua Statement by the Nicaragua Government concerning the Ruling of the ICJ on its case against Germany in the ICJ In its application to the high court Nicaragua made essentially two requests, first, that Germany suspend its military support to Israel, and, second, that it renew its financial support to the United Nations Relief and…
By Becca Renk (Becca Renk has lived in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, for more than 20 years, working in sustainable development with the Jubilee House Community and its project, the Center for Development in Central America. Becca also coordinates the Casa Benjamin Linder solidarity project.) “I was three years old when he was killed,” says Xiomara Hernández. “My little brother…
By Jeremy Kuzmarov (Jeremy Kuzmarov is Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine and is the author of five books on U.S. foreign policy. This article was published by CovertAction on March 25, 2024.) Carlos Alfaro León, 46, is a sports journalist who covers baseball and boxing matches for La Nueva Radio Ya, Nicaragua’s top rated radio station.…
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…
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…
