2021-09-29: News Headlines

Ben Norton (2021-09-29). US Congress Outlines New Phase of Economic Attacks and Hybrid War on Nicaragua's Sandinista Government. globalresearch.ca

John Perry (2021-09-29). Nicaragua's Rainforest and Indigenous Peoples: a Story of Falsehood, Lies and US-based Political Campaigns. orinocotribune.com By John Perry — Sep 24, 2021 | Indigenous peoples and the rainforests that many inhabit are under threat. Everyone knows it. In Latin America especially, international NGOs like Global Witness and Frontline Defenders tell a story which seems self-evidently true: outsiders are exploiting natural resources, governments are indifferent or actively complicit, Indigenous people defend the forests and in return face expulsion or death. But what happens when real life is more complicated? In Nicaragua, local and international NGOs pursuing a political agenda are twisting the evidence about environmental conflicts.

jamanetwork (2021-09-28). A Comparison of Greek and Modern Scientific Methods. jamanetwork.com The contrast between the scientific contribution of today with that of the ancient Greeks is a striking one. The Greek writers, as Singer has recently pointed out in a scholarly essay, set down only their conclusions. Their methods of work, and even their verificatory observations, are not published. But consider the contributions to modern scientific literature. "The author begins," says Singer, "by pointing out a gap in knowledge … Having stated his problem, he reviews the efforts made by others to illumine this dark place in knowledge. He points out some of their errors or decides to accept their work and ba…

A Guest Author (2021-09-28). Right-wing threats collapse, successful Nicaragua dialogue held at Holyrood Church. workers.org By William Camacaro New York City The Community and Popular Mass in Solidarity with Nicaragua, officiated by Pastor Luis Barrios Sept. 26, was a resounding success. Hundreds of participants filled Holyrood Church/Iglesia Santa Cruz to hear H.E. Mr. Denis Moncada, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua. They came in . . . |

Editor (2021-09-28). U.S. Congress outlines new phase of economic attacks and hybrid war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government. mronline.org A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on September 21 set out plans for the next phase of the United States' hybrid warfare on Nicaragua, which aims to destabilize and ultimately overthrow the Central American nation's leftist Sandinista government.

teleSUR -him, JL (2021-09-28). Nicaragua aboga en ONU por cese inmediato de ilegales sanciones. telesurtv.net El jefe de la diplomacia nicaragüense rechazó el acaparamiento de vacunas anticovid por parte de países desarrollados e instó a su distribución equitativa.

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