Tag Archive for John Perry

NicaNotes: Is it Nicaragua that is “weaponizing” immigration? – or is it Washington?

By John Perry (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. This article was first published in Popular Resistance Magazine.) Claims that Nicaragua is “weaponizing” immigration by allowing free passage of migrants towards the U.S. border have been…

NicaNotes: US Imposes Sanctions on Countries for Passing Measures that Copy US Law

By John Perry (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.) [This article was first published in Covert Action Magazine.]  Politicians in the small Caucasian state of Georgia have been sanctioned by Washington for “undermining democracy” and depriving…

NicaNotes: Germany Buries the Evidence of Complicity in Genocide; Nicaragua Exposes It

By John Perry (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.) [This article has been published in Anti War, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Resumen Latinoamericano and Tortilla con Sal as well as en español aquí.] On April 11, Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, the British-Palestinian war…

NicaNotes: The Journey North

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. In the photo his mother shows me, Alejandro is with a group of friends: seven Nicaraguan men and women, one with a 14-year-old daughter. There’s no apprehension in the…