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…
[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 Nan McCurdy (Nan McCurdy is the author/editor of NicaNotes.) “Here no one surrenders. The youth order, the people command, and Daniel obeys.” This is how President Daniel Ortega began his speech, to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, on July 19, 1979. Some 20,000 national guests and numerous…
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…
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 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…
