(2022-08-16). Nicaragua's top health advisor on confronting Covid: "the way to face this was to keep working" thegrayzone.com Max Blumenthal interviews Sonia Castro, lead advisor to the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, on the Sandinista government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Castro explains why, despite heavy criticism, her government did not follow World Health Organization guidance to lock down the population and instead kept schools and businesses open. She also discusses her government's guidance to prescribe off-patent early treatments against Covid and its ongoing, Cuban and Russian-assisted national vaccination campaign. This interview was conducted in Managua in February …
(2022-08-16). Béisbol femenino: Cuba a un paso de alcanzar boleto mundialista. cubadebate.cu La selección femenina de béisbol de Cuba venció este martes a Nicaragua por la vía de la piedad, 12-2, en seis entradas, en la cuarta jornada del clasificatorio panamericano en la localidad de Macuto, estado venezolano de La Guaira, y se colocó a solo un paso de alcanzar uno de los cuatro cupos en disputa para el campeonato mundial.
(2022-08-16). Inside Nicaragua's Free Socialized Health-Care System. orinocotribune.com By Becca Mohally Renk Aug 12, 2022 | An inside look at the free universal health-care system created by Nicaragua's Sandinista government, which has saved countless lives. | We're settling in to our daughter Orla's sixth night in the hospital. Visiting hours are over and only 10 of the beds in our 32-bed pediatric ward are occupied tonight, down from 20 a few nights ago. | The patients — mostly young teens in our room — are tucked in under mosquito nets. Their caretakers — mainly grandmas, aunts and moms — are slouched in chairs or curled around their patients on the beds. A few of u…
(2022-08-16). Presidente de Nicaragua cuestiona posición de Argentina por secuestro de avión venezolano. telesurtv.net "Nuestra solidaridad a las familias de los retenidos y a nuestro hermano Nicolás Maduro", indicó el mandatario nicaragüense.
(2022-08-16). Exodus from Manhattan as more tourists look to Brooklyn. america.cgtn.com Tourists are increasingly skipping Times Square and other Manhattan landmarks and heading straight to the neighboring borough of Brooklyn.By contrast, Brooklyn's popularity appears to be surging and many businesses are looking to take advantage. William Denselow got the scoop for CGTN in New York.