Above Photo: Nicaragua Is Exposing The True Role Of The Sell-Out OAS, An Instrument Of Neocolonialism. Twitter/@Dannyshawcuny. The Declaration Joins Other Institutions And Sectors Of Nicaraguan Politics In Response To The Interference Of The OAS. UPDATE: Nicaragua formally filed to withdraw from the Organization of American States. Read the letter from the Nicaraguan Minister of […]
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I Monitored The US-Denounced Nicaraguan Election
Above Photo: Daniel Kovalik People Believe In The Ortega Government Despite Western media and politicians labelling the Nicaraguan general election a “sham” and “parody,” citizens turned out in large numbers to cast their votes on Sunday, and also to show they reject foreign meddling. According to preliminary results, over 65 percent of voters turned out, 75 […]
Are Nicaraguan Migrants Escaping ‘Repression’—Or Economic Sanctions?
“Record numbers” of migrants are coming into the United States from Nicaragua, according to Newsweek (7/29/21), which blames the increase on “arbitrary arrests and human rights abuses” by the Nicaraguan government. Former Sandinista leader Sergio Ramírez, writing for El Salvador’s El Faro (8/20/21), claims that “repression” by President Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista government is causing a “dramatic growth” in migration […]
Local Market Shows The Strength Of The Nicaraguan People
This piece is translated from one by Yorlis Luna, a young Nicaraguan living in the small city of San Marcos, on the high plateau to the south of the capital, Managua. The translation inevitably loses some of the poetry of her original Spanish. Going to the popular market in one of Nicaragua’s Pacific towns is […]
US Targets Nicaraguan Presidential Election
By Roger Harris, Popular Resistance. July 15, 2021 | Educate! Above photo: A man walks by a mural depicting Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in Managua, Nicaragua March 30, 2020. Reuters/Stringer. Former Solidarity Activists Echo Imperial Talking Points. Before Henry Kissinger became a Clinton pal, liberals condemned him for saying: “I don’t see why we need to stand […]
Nicaraguan Incumbent Arrests 5 Opposition Leaders In One Day
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrested five opposition leaders Sunday during the biggest one-day round up so far, in what appears to be widespread detentions of anyone who might challenge his rule. The moves over the weekend suggest Ortega has moved beyond arresting potential opposition candidates in the Nov. […]
Branding Nicaraguan Meat As ‘Conflict Beef’ Is The Latest Political Attack
Above photo: Nicaragua is the largest exporter of milk in Central America and the fourth in Latin America, according to the Pan-American Dairy Federation (Fepale). Wilder Pérez R. for Mongabay. The latest political attack on a country already suffering from illegal US sanctions. Earlier this year Nicaragua’s opposition and its supporters in the international media […]
Thunderstorms and heavy rain bring flash flooding to UAE
System also brings deluge and rain to neighbouring Oman Heavy rains and thunderstorms have lashed Fujairah since Wednesday evening, with residents reporting waterlogging in the emirate even as a flashflood warning remains in place for surrounding wadis. The UAE’s National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) issued a weather warning: “Chance of towering clouds […]