Dear friend, I knew about Chuck Kaufman years before meeting him, and I learned about the Nicaragua Network and the Alliance for Global Justice well before getting involved. Back in the 80s and 90s, I suddenly lost my job because of anti-war activities. I was a minimum-wage worker, so the blow was pretty hard. A…
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 on Nov. 26, 2024.) In the dying days of his administration, President Biden must have needed a reminder by…
By James Phillips (James Phillips is a cultural and political anthropologist and a former Jesuit with forty years as a student of Central America.) Gustavo Gutierrez died on October 22, 2024, in Lima, Peru, at the age of 96. His death will not occasion headlines in the world’s major news media, but it should. Gutierrez…
By Susan Lagos (Susan Lagos is a retired Spanish teacher from northern California who volunteered in Nicaragua multiple times from 1987 to 2004, and has lived in Ciudad Dario, Matagalpa, for 20 years.) On Labor Day weekend in the town of Fort Bragg, California, Paul Bunyan Days are celebrated with logging contests, exhibits, and a…
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 originally published in Covert Action Magazine on Nov. 1, 2024.) Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide…
By Dorothy Granada (Dorothy Granada is a US-born peace activist and nurse who has lived and worked in Nicaragua for many years. She has been honored many times for her work with women and children by the Nicaraguan government, the Central American Parliament, and the North Caribbean Autonomous Region, among others. The hospital in Matiguas…
By Dorothy Granada (Dorothy Granada is a US-born peace activist and nurse who has lived and worked in Nicaragua for many years. She has been honored many times for her work with women and children by the Nicaraguan government, the Central American Parliament, and the North Caribbean Autonomous Region, among others. The hospital in Matiguas…
By Dirk Groenenberg (Dirk Groenenberg is a chemical-free farmer from Rusagonis, New Brunswick, Canada, and a member of solidarity groups such as the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network and Fredericton Palestine Solidarity. Here we combine two articles by Goenenberg that were published by NB Media Coop on July 29, 2024 and Sept. 13, 2024.) I recently…
By Dorothy Granada (Dorothy Granada is a US-born peace activist and nurse who has lived and worked in Nicaragua for many years. She has been honored many times for her work with women and children by the Nicaraguan government, the Central American Parliament, and the North Caribbean Autonomous Region, among others. The hospital in Matiguas…
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…
