Monthly Archives: August 2022

2022-08-17: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (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 …

Staff (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.

Orinoco Tribune2 (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…

TeleSUR, JL (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.

William Denselow (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.

2022-08-17 16:53 | 12:53 EST | tr | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 

2022-08-16: News Headlines

Orinoco Tribune2 (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…

TeleSUR, JL (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 20:17 | 16:17 EST | jz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 

2022-08-14: News Headlines

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-08-13). Inauguran Campeonato Premundial de Béisbol Femenino en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Este evento reúne a equipos de Cuba, México, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y Venezuela.

_____ (2022-08-13). Inside Nicaragua's Free Socialized Health-Care System. popularresistance.org 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 us stretch out on unoccupied beds to get some rest before the nurse turns on the lights for the next regular blood pressure and temp check. | Our 14 year-old was admitted to the ped…

2022-08-14 19:18 | 15:18 EST | jz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 

2022-08-13: News Headlines

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-08-13). Inauguran Campeonato Premundial de Béisbol Femenino en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Este evento reúne a equipos de Cuba, México, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y Venezuela.

_____ (2022-08-13). Inside Nicaragua's Free Socialized Health-Care System. popularresistance.org 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 us stretch out on unoccupied beds to get some rest before the nurse turns on the lights for the next regular blood pressure and temp check. | Our 14 year-old was admitted to the ped…

2022-08-14 02:14 | 22:14 EST | tr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 

2022-08-12: News Headlines

Becca Mohally Renk (2022-08-11). øCómo funciona el sistema de salud gratuito y socializado de Nicaragua? multipolarista.com Esta es la historia de una experiencia con el sistema de salud universal y gratuito de Nicaragua, creado por el gobierno sandinista, que ha salvado innumerables vidas.

Becca Renk (2022-08-11). Nicaragua The Privilege of Free Health Care. globalresearch.ca

2022-08-12 18:47 | 14:47 EST | jz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 

2022-08-10: News Headlines

Alan MacLeod (2022-08-08). Most of the "Fact-checking" Organizations Facebook Uses in Ukraine Are Directly Funded by Washington. orinocotribune.com By Alan Mcleod — Aug 2, 2022 | Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the US government, either through the US Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). | In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Meta (Facebook's official name) announced it had

2022-08-10 11:09 | 07:09 EST | es | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0