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 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 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 (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…
By James Phillips (James Phillips is a cultural and political anthropologist who has been a student of life in Nicaragua and Honduras for four decades. His most recent book on Honduras is Extracting Honduras: Resource Exploitation, Displacement, and Forced Migration.) On the night before I was married in 1985, during the wedding rehearsal dinner, my…
By Adrienne Ayers (Adrienne is an African organizer native to Waawiyatanong land (Detroit, MI). She was recently a part of the “Women in Nicaragua: Power and Protagonism” delegation in January 2024 through Casa Ben Linder. Adrienne is a Reiki Master Teacher and operates a free reiki clinic which serves as a People’s Program for Detroit residents.…
By Becca Renk (Becca Renk has lived in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, for more than 20 years, working in sustainable community development with the Jubilee House Community and its project, the Center for Development in Central America. Becca coordinates the Casa Benjamin Linder solidarity project in Managua.) The Story of Julia Chinamo “I realized when I was nine years old…
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 Becca Renk [Originally from Idaho, Becca Renk has lived in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, for more than 20 years, working in sustainable community development with the Jubilee House Community and its project, the Center for Development in Central America. Becca coordinates the Casa Benjamin Linder solidarity project in Managua.] “We see youth in North America rising up in protest,…
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…
