2022-02-09: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-02-08). The Privilege of Public School in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Becca Mohally Renk — Jan 27, 2022 | This week the new school year started in Nicaragua and I waved my eldest daughter, Eibhlín, off to her final year of high school. I teared up remembering my three-year old in her first tiny blue and white uniform, proudly marching off to preschool in pigtails. | I've also been reflecting that this month marks 15 years since President Daniel Ortega declared public education to be free once again, just 24 hours after he was inaugurated. That was his second declaration; the first was to declare public health care free again. Those two declarations have led to the most sign…

Nan McCurdy (2022-02-08). 2021: A Year of Big Advances in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Nan McCurdy — Feb 3, 2022 | [This article is an updated version of a webinar presentation given December 18, hosted by Task Force on the Americas, Ecumenical Peace Institute, and Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center.] | In 2021 Nicaragua made great leaps in improving lives and recuperating essential rights. | Defending Sovereignty | In my opinion the most important advance in 2021 for Nicaragua is defense of their right to sovereignty. As their historic leader, Augusto Sandino said: "Sovereignty is not discussed, but rather defended." This is essential for Nicaragua but also an excellent example for othe…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-08). Nicaragua: 'El Salvador Continues Hostile Activities in Our Maritime Spaces'. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Nicaragua's Government of Reconciliation and National Unity has released a second statement on the dispatch, on behalf of the government of El Salvador, of Salvadoran Artillery Military Vessels to Nicaragua's maritime spaces in the Pacific Ocean. The Salvadoran Military Vessels have made incursions less than 30 miles off Nicaragua's coasts, in maritime spaces…

teleSUR, DRL (2022-02-08). Nicaragua llama a El Salvador a parar escalada marítima. telesurtv.net El llamado de Managua llega cuando El Salvador niega haberse adentrado en aguas jurisdiccionales de Nicaragua.

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Nicaragua Asks El Salvador to Abide by International Law. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Nicaragua recommended that El Salvador resolve any eventual territorial dispute through peaceful methods and using international norms and institutions. | RELATED: | Previously, the Salvadoran Naval Forces made statements claiming sovereignty in the Nicaraguan exclusive economic zone in the Golf of Fonseca. Since Feb. 5, Salvadoran military vessels remain less than 30 miles from the Nicaraguan coasts in a maritime terr…

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