Nicaragua's inspiring response to COVID-19
Rohan Rice | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-23
In a recent study conducted by the University of Oxford and the World Health Organization, socialist Nicaragua was placed number nine on a list of the ten safest countries to visit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicaragua is the only country within Latin America to appear on that list. As of Sunday May 22, the country had 7,193 confirmed cases and only 185 deaths. | Nicaragua's unorthodox but highly effective management of COVID-19 has so far been a great success. In an informative article written by John Perry for FAIR, Perry demonstrates how the country has approached the COVID-19 pandemic swiftly and thoroughly…
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Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-05-23
By Anthony Billingsley | — Israel and Hamasagreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The dying can hopefully end and further destruction be avoided — at least for now. Both sides can also claim victory. Hamas can claim to have defended the interests of Palestinians in Jerusalem in contrast to its …
juancole.com/2021/05/palestinians-celebrate-ceasefire.html

El peor escenario electoral en Nicaragua
Carlos F. Chamorro | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-22
Nicaragua se encamina hacia la peor elección posible el 7 de noviembre, sin garantías ni reforma electoral, con el endurecimiento del control del FSLN sobre el aparato electoral, y tras el nombramiento de 10 magistrados leales al presidente Daniel Ortega….
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Targeting Nicaragua: How Billionaire Foundations Fund NGOs to Advance US Foreign Policy Goals
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-21
US foreign policy …
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Hondurans Denounce 'Model Cities' as Tax Havens
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Honduras' Alternative Movement of Community and Environmental Reivindication (ARCAH) announced a mobilization to protest new initiatives to strengthen the Economic Development and Employment Zones (ZEDE). | RELATED: | Honduras Is the Most Violent Country in Central America | The ZEDE project was presented by Honduras' ex-President Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014) in a bid to promote local development through foreign investment. In 2013, Constitutional reforms paved the way for the implemen…
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Mexico Warns OAS, USAID From Interference in Midterm Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted on Thursday that his country will prevent interference from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the upcoming midterm elections. | RELATED: | Mexico Is Willing To Accept Respectful Electoral Observation | In his morning press briefing at the National Palace, Lopez Obrador repeated that the OAS knows that Mexico is not a colony or a protectorate, Mexico is a fr…
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Nicaragua: "We are not Anyone's Colony"
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
Nicaragua's Sandinista government is calling out blatant U.S. interference as the country prepares to hold its presidential election in six months. | President Daniel Ortega used the opportunity of the 126th anniversary of the birth of national revolutionary hero General Augusto Sandino to rail against U.S. intervention in the country, stating, "The Yankee Ambassador is all over the place selling their candidates as if he were Nicaraguan. He's not Nicaraguan… Don't get involved here Ambassador Yankee. Don't meddle here like you have been up until now." | Following the official state ceremony, Nicaragua's Vice P…
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Nicaragua: "We are not Anyone's Colony"
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-20
Nicaragua's Sandinista government is calling out blatant U.S. interference as the country prepares to hold its presidential election in six months. | President Daniel Ortega used the opportunity of the 126th anniversary of the birth of national revolutionary hero General Augusto Sandino to rail against U.S. intervention in the country, stating, "The Yankee Ambassador is all over the place selling their candidates as if he were Nicaraguan. He's not Nicaraguan… Don't get involved here Ambassador Yankee. Don't meddle here like you have been up until now." | Following the official state ceremony, Nicaragua's Vice P…
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VP Harris Meets With Guatemalan Justice Leaders Before Visit
The Associated Press | latinorebels.com | 2021-05-20
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met with a group of leading voices on Guatemala's troubled justice system Wednesday, sending yet another signal to Central American governments that the U.S. government is interested in addressing the region's corruption.
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