(2022-02-18). Documents Reveal US Gov't Spent $22M Promoting Anti-Russia Narrative in Ukraine and Abroad. mintpressnews.com 
The National Endowment for Democracy can claim it is in the business of democracy promotion. In reality, it does anything but that, unless "democracy" is entirely synonymous with elite U.S. interests.
(2022-02-18). Ukraine crisis: who fabricates a war, and how? iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The author is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TELESUR. Translation: United World International, edited by John Catalinotto. Feb. 2 — It is almost natural that countries (especially the powers that have more capability of doing so) would like to resolve their internal problems by unleashing conflicts abroad. For that, they invent attacks on their national security,…
(2022-02-17). Presidente de Duma Estatal rusa realizará visita oficial a Cuba. cubadebate.cu El presidente de la Duma Estatal (Cámara Baja del Parlamento) de Rusia, Viacheslav Volodin, realizará visitas oficiales a Cuba y Nicaragua el 23 y 24 de febrero. El político ruso mantendrá conversaciones con dirigentes de La Habana y Managua sobre la cooperación entre los países, así como se dará continuación al desarrollo del diálogo interparlamentario.
(2022-02-17). The gains of Nicaraguan women during the second Sandinista Government. mronline.org 
Women in the Third World (and increasingly in the imperial First World) face problems of violence at home and in public, problems of food and water for the family, of proper shelter, and lack of health care for the family, and their own lack of access to education and thus work opportunities.
(2022-02-17). How Nicaragua's Sandinistas boosted women's empowerment, achieving 5th-highest gender equality on Earth. multipolarista.com The Sandinistas' ambitious program of women's liberation transformed Nicaragua from having the 90th to the fifth-highest gender equality in the world. This is how they did it.
(2022-02-17). Biden's multi-Billion Afghan theft gets scant mention on TV News. mronline.org 
Two months ago (FAIR.org, 12/21/21), I noted the striking contrast between vocal media outrage—ostensibly grounded in concern for Afghan people—over President Joe Biden's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, and the relative silence over the growing humanitarian crisis in that country, which threatens millions with life-threatening levels of famine.