Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-19: News Headlines

_____ (2022-07-18). Does The World Economic Forum Measure Up To Nicaragua? popularresistance.org In that uncertain context, when a report like this year's World Economic Forum Report on the Global Gender Gap appears, people living in the majority world naturally look twice at its underlying principles, moral vision and assumptions. This is especially so in countries like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela or other countries around the world similarly under attack from the same Western corporate and political elites who control the World Economic Forum itself. An important feature of the WEF report is its dependence on the data and presupppositions of diverse Western institutions and organizations. But despite thi…

____ (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 transcend.org Updated January 2022 – Less than a decade after U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the United States became deeply involved in Central America.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).

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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 transcend.org Updated January 2022 – Less than a decade after U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the United States became deeply involved in Central America.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…

2022-07-18 13:23 | 15:23 EST | jz | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 

2022-07-17: News Headlines

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, 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.

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 (2022-07-16). How Close Are Nicaragua and China to Signing a Free Trade Agreement? orinocotribune.com On Thursday, July 14, Nicaragua and China signed an Early Harvest Agreement, a mechanism that experts consider as a prelude to a Free Trade Agreement. Sputnik asked analysts about the benefits of the Early Harvest Agreement, which is to identify export products of the two countries with 0% tariffs. | According to Jorge Capelán, Uruguayan political analyst residing in Managua, the China-Nicaragua agreement signifies, in practice, that the US policies of isolating and punishing Nicaragua will be useless, because the Central American nation is now entering a gigantic market that is on the path to becoming the larges…

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…

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-16). Jóvenes sandinistas inician congreso nacional en Nicaragua. telesurtv.net Rosario Murillo señaló que en esta jornada inicia la primera fase de un congreso evolutivo que tendrá varias etapas.

2022-07-17 19:12 | 13:12 EST | jz | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 

2022-07-16: News Headlines

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-16). Jóvenes sandinistas inician congreso nacional en Nicaragua. telesurtv.net Rosario Murillo señaló que en esta jornada inicia la primera fase de un congreso evolutivo que tendrá varias etapas.

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…

Susan Lagos (2022-07-15). Bogus Report on Nicaragua by "60 Minutes" Exposed as Propaganda from CIA-linked National Endowment for Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com [Below is an open letter to 60 Minutes written by Susan Lagos, a Spanish and ESL teacher who has lived …

Margaret Flowers (2022-07-15). Challenging the AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. orinocotribune.com A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…

Kit Klarenberg (2022-07-14). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency. mintpressnews.com U.K. intelligence-linked communication firm Valent has been advising Facebook on which accounts to ban for inauthentic behavior and on suspicions for being foreign-backed disinformation operations. But documents show that Valent itself is secretly funded by U.S. regime change organization USAID. This connection might explain the recent mass purgings from Sudanese and Ethiopian social media.

2022-07-16 21:29 | 17:29 EST | jz | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 

2022-07-15: News Headlines

Mark Cummings (2022-07-14). The Russia-Ukraine War Proves That We Must Define National Security Differently. fairobserver.com It is dangerous to deal with the 21st century using 19th century definitions. The Russia-Ukraine war is founded on a 19th century Clausewitzian definition of national security. In contrast, the operative 21st century national security considerations are based on economics, technology and trade. There is also another important overlooked fact about wars of the 19th…

Kit Klarenberg (2022-07-14). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency. mintpressnews.com U.K. intelligence-linked communication firm Valent has been advising Facebook on which accounts to ban for inauthentic behavior and on suspicions for being foreign-backed disinformation operations. But documents show that Valent itself is secretly funded by U.S. regime change organization USAID. This connection might explain the recent mass purgings from Sudanese and Ethiopian social media.

____ (2022-07-13). China, Nicaragua sign FTA early harvest arrangements. ecns.cn China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada, representing their respective countries, signed the early harvest arrangements for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) via video link on Tuesday.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-14). Nicaragàºenses califican de positiva gestión de Daniel Ortega. telesurtv.net La encuesta de M&R Consultores reveló que el 70.2 por ciento de los encuestados afirmó que Daniel Ortega conduce el país en la dirección correcta.

2022-07-16 00:15 | 20:15 EST | jz | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 

2022-07-14: News Headlines

Mark Cummings (2022-07-14). The Russia-Ukraine War Proves That We Must Define National Security Differently. fairobserver.com It is dangerous to deal with the 21st century using 19th century definitions. The Russia-Ukraine war is founded on a 19th century Clausewitzian definition of national security. In contrast, the operative 21st century national security considerations are based on economics, technology and trade. There is also another important overlooked fact about wars of the 19th…

Kit Klarenberg (2022-07-14). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency. mintpressnews.com U.K. intelligence-linked communication firm Valent has been advising Facebook on which accounts to ban for inauthentic behavior and on suspicions for being foreign-backed disinformation operations. But documents show that Valent itself is secretly funded by U.S. regime change organization USAID. This connection might explain the recent mass purgings from Sudanese and Ethiopian social media.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-14). Nicaragàºenses califican de positiva gestión de Daniel Ortega. telesurtv.net La encuesta de M&R Consultores reveló que el 70.2 por ciento de los encuestados afirmó que Daniel Ortega conduce el país en la dirección correcta.

____ (2022-07-13). China, Nicaragua sign FTA early harvest arrangements. ecns.cn China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada, representing their respective countries, signed the early harvest arrangements for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) via video link on Tuesday.

2022-07-14 19:56 | 15:56 EST | jz | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0