President Daniel Ortega

Nicaraguan Democracy Exposes U.S. Oligarchy

July 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, US Politics

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2024 The Republic of Nicaragua recently celebrated 45 years of its revolutionary government. The U.S. labels it and other nations that demand self-determination and sovereignty as “undemocratic.” However, the U.S. oligarchic class prevented Biden from running for re-election four years after rigging the process to put him in office. The United[…]

U.S. Legally Owes Nicaragua Reparations, But Still Refuses to Honor 1986 ICJ Ruling

July 13, 2023 UNAC Editor International Law, Nicaragua, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Revolution

by Ben Norton, published on Black Agenda Report, July 5, 2023 (originally published on Geopolitical Economy Report, June 28, 2023) The International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled in 1986 that the US government had violated international law in its attacks on Nicaragua and that it owed the Central American nation reparations. June 27, 2023 was the 37th anniversary[…]

Nicaragua Once Again Inaugurates the “People as President”

January 27, 2022 UNAC Editor Democracy and Consent, Nicaragua

by Nan McCurdy, published on Covert Action Magazine, January 23, 2022 On January 10, Daniel Ortega was inaugurated President and Rosario Murillo was inaugurated as Vice President. The central event in the Plaza of the Revolution was accompanied by Sandinistas celebrating in almost every town with big-screen displays of the inauguration. Once he had been sworn in, with the presidential[…]