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2022-07-18: News Headlines

____ (2022-07-18). 1980s US Central America Wars. transcend.org Updated January 2022 – Less than a decade after U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the United States became deeply involved in Central America. The catalyst was a popularly supported leftist revolution in Nicaragua led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).

Editor (2022-07-17). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' adviser secretly in pay of U.S. regime change agency. mronline.org Platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns—has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support."

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-17). Alba-TCP condena medidas impuestas por EE.UU. a Nicaragua. telesurtv.net El bloque regional instó a la comunidad internacional a denunciar este tipo de acciones violatorias de los principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.

Staff (2022-07-17). Condena ALBA-TCP sanciones impuestas por Estados Unidos a Nicaragua. cubadebate.cu La Alternativa Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América- Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP) condenó las medidas coercitivas unilaterales impuestas por Estados Unidos contra de 23 jueces y fiscales de Nicaragua. El bloque remarcó que esta medida impuesta de manera ilegal e ilegítima busca desestabilizar política y socialmente a ese país.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-17). Embajador mexicano presenta cartas credenciales en Nicaragua. telesurtv.net Las relaciones de México con Centroamérica "son prioritarias y requieren de un diálogo político fluido, cimentado en el respeto", dijo el diplomático Borrego Llorente.

Suzanne O'Sullivan (2022-07-16). [Perspectives] Navigating recovery: the healing power of patients' narratives. thelancet.com The Miskito are Indigenous people of Nicaragua. They come from the Mosquito coast where remote villages nestle between the Caribbean Sea and lush jungle. Their communities are affected by a disorder called grisi siknis that manifests as highly contagious convulsions. It predominantly affects young women and sweeps through villages in sporadic outbreaks. The Miskito believe that grisi siknis is caused by a spirit called the duende. Traditional healers cure it with ritual and herbal potions. Krasnogorsk, a small town in Kazakhstan's vast northern steppe that is now nearly deserted, is another place said to have a u…

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