Nicaragua

Violent Fascism in Nicaragua and Venezuela: Interview with Fernando Bossi

September 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Resistance, Venezuela

Political analyst and advisor to President Chavez, Fernando Bossi, looks at the striking parallels between the reactionary offensives in two Latin American countries. By Fernando Bossi and Cira Pascual Marquina, published on Venezuelanalysis, August 22, 2018 Argentinian internationalist Fernando Bossi has a lifelong commitment to Latin American unification that has expressed itself in diverse educational and political projects. Among these[…]

Nicaragua’s Failed Coup

August 21, 2018 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Nicaragua

Supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, whose resignation is being demanded by opposition students and business leaders. | Photo: Reuters by Charles Redvers, published on Open Democracy, August 9, 2018 While the international pressure continues, by mid-July it became clear that, for the time being at least, the opposition in Nicaragua no longer has sufficient local support to achieve its[…]

Nicaragua: Dynamics of an Interrupted Revolution

August 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Nicaragua, Socialism

Image from Sandinismo in Nicaragua: Non-State centered alternatives? on Systemic Alternatives by Jeff Mackler, originally published on Socialist Action The unfolding events in Nicaragua over the past three months pose two critical questions for socialists and antiwar activists. Where do we stand on the critical issue of U.S. imperialist intervention and where do we stand with regard to the dynamics[…]

What’s Behind the Protests Rocking Nicaragua?

August 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Nicaragua

Women and girls build a barricade in Managua, Nicaragua to protect their selfs from paramilitary and police. June 16 2018 by Christine Marie, published on Socialist Action, August 9, 2018 Since April, hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans have taken to the streets in protest of the policies of the government led by FSLN President Daniel Ortega. The protests at one[…]

The Case Against Daniel Ortega

July 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Latin America, Nicaragua, Paths to Emancipation

Image: Telesur Live broadcast, July 19. 2540 views at the time this article was 1st published. by Chuck Kaufman, originally posted on The Alliance for Global Justice website, July 25, 2018 The Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice and I have recently been called Orteguistas (Ortega supporters). We used to be called Danielistas before it became necessary to the narrative to[…]

Nicaragua: Breaking Out of ‘Soft Coup’ Psychosis

July 14, 2018 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Nicaragua

Riot police officers travel past a burning car during clashes with the anti-government protesters in Managua, Nicaragua May 28, 2018. | Photo: Reuters by Tortilla con Sal, originally published on TeleSUR In his 2005 Nobel address, British playwright Harold Pinter wrote of U.S. foreign policy that the U.S. rarely invades its target countries, preferring to infect the country with “a[…]

Correcting The Record: What Is Really Happening In Nicaragua?

July 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Nicaragua

By Kevin Zeese and Nils McCune, Popular Resistance ,July 10, 2018 Above: A massive peace march was held on July 8, 2018, in Managua showing support for the Nicaraguan government. Source UK Morning Star. There is a great deal of false and inaccurate information about Nicaragua in the media. Even on the left, some have simply repeated the dubious claims of[…]

NED Boasts of “Laying the Groundwork for Insurrection” in Nicaragua

June 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Color Revolutions, Nicaragua

As Nicaraguan student protest leaders meet with neoconservatives in Washington, DC, a publication funded by the US government’s regime change arm, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), boasts of spending millions of dollars “laying the groundwork for insurrection” against Daniel Ortega By Max Blumenthal, originally published on the Grayzone Project, June 19, 2018 While some corporate media outlets have portrayed[…]

Deciphering the Nicaraguan Student Uprising

June 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Indigenous peoples, Nicaragua

In addition to students, older adults have joined the barricades and self-defense groups who block the entry of paramilitaries and anti-riot police into the city of Masaya, Nicaragua. ~Photo by Rafael Camacho Editor’s note: The relative merits of this article and the following one have been much debated on our list serve. I am posting both here as both are[…]

Open Letter to Amnesty International

June 17, 2018 UNAC Editor NGOs, Nicaragua

Open Letter to Amnesty International by a Former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience By Camilo E. Mejia, Latin America in Movement, June 14, 2018 ** Through this letter I express my unequivocal condemnation of Amnesty International with regards to the destabilizing role it has played in Nicaragua, my country of birth. I open this letter quoting Donatella Rovera, who at the time this[…]