Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by John Perry and Roger D. Harris, published on Popular Resistance, June 12, 2025 Punishing Progress. “We look for the poorest patients,” the Cuban doctor in charge of the eye clinic said. “Often we travel to remote rural areas and bring them to the clinic in a bus.” The clinic, in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, was part of Misión Milagro (Miracle Mission), run jointly[…]
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by Jill Clark-Gollub, published on Black Agenda Report, June 11, 2025 Ortega and Bukele are polar opposites: one invests in dignity and democracy, the other in mass incarceration and imperial alliances. Opposition media from both Nicaragua and El Salvador, along with the Washington Post, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, all vilify Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega by equating him with[…]
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Statement by the Nicaraguan Government, published on Workers World, April 17, 2025 The following are excerpts from the statement of the Nicaraguan government on April 9, 2025, to the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. We will continue to denounce all forms of aggression and unilateral coercive measures against the dreams of[…]
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By John Perry, published on Covert Action Magazine, Jan 2, 2025 In the words of the United Nations, “human rights” range from “the most fundamental—the right to life—to those that make life worth living, such as the rights to food, education, work, health, and liberty.” These rights are supposed to be “inherent to us all.” But this lofty ambition has[…]
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by John Perry, published on Counterpunch, November 27, 2024 Why is it that everything the US does in Latin America is so surreal? ~jb In the dying days of his administration, President Biden must have needed a reminder by his officials on November 22. He had to decide whether Nicaragua still poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national[…]
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by John Perry, published on CovertAction Magazine, November 1, 2024 Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and several of those which have done so suddenly face new threats, even including attempted coups. Adrienne Pine, a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, said during a recent webinar hosted by[…]
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by John Perry, published on Popular Resistance, September 16, 2024 Claims that Nicaragua is “weaponizing” immigration by allowing free passage of migrants towards the U.S. border have been appearing regularly in the media over the last twelve months. The claim was made on NPR in January, in the Associated Press last October, in El Pais last November and by the[…]
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by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, translated and published on Tortilla Con Sal, July 20, 2024 President Ortega’s speech given at the celebration of the Sandinista Revolution, July 19, 2024: Daniel Ortega does a better job of presenting Nicaragua’s truth than anyone else, so let’s see what he has to say. Here, No One Surrenders! Young people are in command[…]
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by Saher al Khamash, published on Workers World, August 12, 2024 During our trip to Nicaragua, we never thought we would meet Leila Khaled. However, her visit during this time in July is actually no surprise to those familiar with the details of her life and the parallels between the Palestinian and Nicaraguan liberation struggles. Palestinian revolutionary, socialist and guerrilla[…]
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by Richie Merino, published on Workers World, July 31, 2024 Managua, Nicaragua My recent visit to Nicaragua was a profound exploration of a revolutionary people’s struggle for liberation and their unwavering solidarity with the Global South’s fight against imperialism. Everywhere we went, the people spoke about infrastructure developments and social progress their communities have experienced under President Daniel Ortega and[…]
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