Daily Archives: June 16, 2021

2021-06-16: News Headlines

The Associated Press (2021-06-16). Banker Arrested as Nicaragua Crackdown Expands. latinorebels.com MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua's police have arrested a prominent banker in a sign the government's pursuit of opponents is expanding beyond political leaders and potential challengers to President Daniel Ortega.

_____ (2021-06-16). Nicaragua: CIA Attempting A Coup Through US Agencies And Foundations. popularresistance.org Since the Sandinistas won the 2006 election their anti-poverty policies have had enormous success. | The country is 90% self-sufficient in food. 99% of the population have electricity in their homes that is now generated with 70+% green energy; International financial Institutions including the World Bank, the International Development Bank and The Central American Bank for Economic Integration praise Nicaragua for its excellent, efficient project execution. it has one of the best health systems in Latin America praised by the International Monetary Fund, with 20 new state of the art hospitals since 2007 achievin…

Editor2 (2021-06-16). Operation Danto — Breaking the Yankee Propaganda Apparatus in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By William Grigsby — Jun 13, 2021 | The following is a transcript of the speech by William Grigsby on a recent episode of the program Sin Fronteras of Nicaragua's Radio La Primerísima. Listen to the speech here: | What was the US instrument to overthrow the "Sandinista Dictatorship" in the 1980s? The armed counter-revolution—the Contra. The US gave approximately 2 billion dollars to create it, train it, equip it, and maintain it. That was the instrument to defeat the "Dictatorship"—Ronald Reagan's freedom fighters against the "Sandino-communist horrible dictatorship" there in Nicaragua. [The C…

Nan McCurdy (2021-06-16). The CIA Attempts Coups in Nicaragua with Tax Dollars Through US Agencies and Corporate Foundations: USAID Does Not Provide Aid — It Carries Out Coups. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @

Steve Sweeney (2021-06-15). Nicaragua warns of election interference, hits out at U.S. sanctions. peoplesworld.org Nicaragua has demanded an end to "all illegal and coercive measures," including U.S. sanctions, as it warned of a dirty tricks campaign ahead of November's presidential and parliamentary elections. "An unprecedented and relentless attack is unfolding against Nicaragua's government and people are driven by false narratives advanced by right-wing, U.S.-financed media outlets and 'opposition' figures," …

teleSUR (2021-06-15). Former Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos Dies at 93. telesurenglish.net The Ortega administration announced three days of mourning for Bolanos, who was president from 2002-2007. | "With great sadness the family of engineer Enrique Bolanos Geyer, former president of the Republic of Nicaragua, announces the passing of their beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather," his relatives said in a statement. | RELATED: | An engineer, Bolanos led Nicaragua's main business lobby in the 1980s. His properties…

_____ (2021-06-15). Truthful Accounts — A View From Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Efforts to depict journalism as if it ever existed in the idealized form of its propagandists have become increasingly ridiculous. Journalism, like accountancy, is just another sub-category of reporting. Like accountancy and other reporting activities, journalistic reporting can be good or bad, exceptional or mediocre, honest or criminal. Among the most insidious fables people in the West tell themselves is that European and North American countries promote honest reporting and freedom of expression. However, countries from Libya, Iran and Syria to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela offer undeniable examples of how ab…

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