Camila Escalante, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-10-08). NPR Falsely Claims Its Reporter Is The Only One To Visit Nicaragua. popularresistance.org NPR began its report "A Rare Look Inside Locked-Down Nicaragua" (9/10/23) with the demonstrably false claim that Nicaragua has "kept all foreign journalists out for more than a year." This led into a harrowing story of how its reporter arrived in Nicaragua…and reported without incident. | In 2023 alone, numerous foreign journalists from press outlets from all parts of the world have reported from Nicaragua. Broadcast outlets based in the United States, China, Russia, Iran and around Latin America have regularly filed reports in both English and Spanish. Independent reporters from the United States, Canada and B…

Editor (2023-10-08). NPR falsely claims its reporter is the only one to visit Nicaragua. mronline.org NPR began its report "A Rare Look Inside Locked-Down Nicaragua" (9/10/23) with the demonstrably false claim that Nicaragua has "kept all foreign journalists out for more than a year." This led into a harrowing story of how its reporter arrived in Nicaragua… and reported without incident.

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Thousands of turtles start mass nesting on Nicaraguan beach. presstv.ir Over a thousand endangered sea turtles lay their eggs en masse at La Flor beach in San Juan del Sur, on Nicaragua's Pacific coast south of Managua.

teleSUR, odr, JDO (2023-10-08). Nicaragua condena agravamiento de conflicto israelí-palestino. telesurtv.net El Gobierno y el pueblo de la nación centroamericana expresan su solidaridad con las víctimas y las familias inocentes y demandan el reconocimiento del Estado Palestino.

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Thousands of turtles start mass nesting on Nicaraguan beach. presstv.ir Over a thousand endangered sea turtles lay their eggs en masse at La Flor beach in San Juan del Sur, on Nicaragua's Pacific coast south of Managua.

Staff (2023-10-07). Venezuela's Parliament: Referendum on Essequibo to Consult Further Actions on the Dispute. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned the government of Guyana for trying to grant concession to multinational oil companies for the oil blocks in the disputed waters of the Essequibo region, and accused the Guyanese government of being a puppet of transnational corporations. | "The ExxonMobil government in Guyana has decided to hand over oil blocks in the disputed waters of the Essequibo territory and we are not going to allow it," said President Maduro. He contrasted Guyana's position with that of Trinidad and Tobago, which recently signed agreements with Venezuela for peaceful joint exploration…

Annelise Whitley (2023-10-08). Abandoning the Poor. tomdispatch.com On the island of Manhattan, where I live, skyscrapers multiply like metal weeds, a vertical invasion of seemingly unstoppable force. For more than a century, they have risen as symbols of wealth and the promise of progress for a city and a nation. In movies and TV shows, those buildings churn with activity, offices full of important people doing work of global significance. The effect is a feeling of economic vitality made real by the sheer scale of the buildings themselves. In stark contrast to those images of bustling productivity stands an outcropping of tall towers along the southern end of Manhattan's Centra…

presstv.ir (2023-10-06). Thousands of turtles start mass nesting on Nicaraguan beach. presstv.ir Over a thousand endangered sea turtles lay their eggs en masse at La Flor beach in San Juan del Sur, on Nicaragua's Pacific coast south of Managua.

Tamara Pearson (2023-10-05). Latin America is now dominated by progressive governments, but are they losing their touch? greenleft.org.au Progressive leaders from Latin America gathered in Mexico on September 30, to discuss further regional integration, combating climate change, a regional currency and opposing sanctions. Tamara Pearson reflects on the contrasts with earlier gatherings at the height of the "Pink Tide".

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-06). Humor in the Headlines Over China in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris A string of countries in Central America have established diplomatic relations with Beijing, breaking ties with Taiwan | Washington Post "As China arrives with a splash in Honduras, the US wrings its hands" Washington Post, October 2, 2023 In a break from its hysterical coverage of the existential threat posed by Donald…

Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-06). Humor In The Headlines Over China In Latin America. popularresistance.org In a break from its hysterical coverage of the existential threat posed by Donald Trump, the Washington Post — house organ of the Democratic National Committee — cautions us of the other menace, China. "When the leader of this impoverished Central American country visited Beijing in June," we are warned, "China laid out the warmest of welcomes." | Apparently in a grave threat to US national security, the president of Honduras attended a state banquet and actually ate Chinse food. What next for the country…

Jeunes anticapitalistes (2023-10-03). "The world needs to be aware that human rights are being trampled on in Nicaragua" internationalviewpoint.org "Denounce Ortega to international organizations. Call on human rights organizations. Drive support campaigns." | – | / |

Jeunes anticapitalistes (2023-10-02). "The world needs to be aware that human rights are being trampled on in Nicaragua" internationalviewpoint.org "Denounce Ortega to international organizations. Call on human rights organizations. Drive support campaigns." | – | / |

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-10-01). Biden Has Relaunched Reagan's Murderous War Against Nicaraguan Democracy—How Many Is He Willing to Kill to Win? globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-09-30). Cash, cars and gold bars — and the crooks who slander Cuba. iacenter.org September 27, 2023 Senator Bob Menendez, in the news recently, is nothing but a front man for the Cuban right-wing Gusanos, those worms who left Cuba after the 1959 revolution stopped their exploitation and theft. The Democrat from New Jersey is notorious for his furious rants against Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and any country that dares to pursue a socialist path. Menendez has taken up other despicable causes, such as backing the "Israel Anti-Boycott Act" that would criminalize free speech in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). As recently as May 11, Menendez sent a vicious message…

JANET (2023-09-30). 'Wuthering Heights' at four summits. iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein September 29, 2023 A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. X: @sergioro0701 Translation: John Catalinotto. The title of this article alludes to an extraordinary novel written by Emily Brontà´ in the middle of the 19th century and which, on many occasions, has been adapted for film and television. I saw the 1992 version directed by Peter Kosminsky…

dzorinoco (2023-10-01). Nicaragua: Putting People First. orinocotribune.com By Roger McKenzie — Aug 29, 2023 | Estelí, the eighth-largest city of the Central American nation, the de facto capital of the north, is also the country's main tobacco production region. The land around Estelí is ideal for growing cigar tobacco and the city became a conclave for Cuban cigar makers who left the Caribbean island after the revolution in 1959. Since that time Estelí has become one of the most important cigar producing cities anywhere in the world. | Tobacco and the health problems that arise from it for the workers who produce it and the smokers that use it seemed to me a good place to look at…

guest author (2023-09-30). 'Wuthering Heights' at four summits. workers.org A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodriguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an adviser for international politics for TeleSUR. X: @sergioro0701 Translation: John Catalinotto. The title of this article alludes to an extraordinary . . . |

People's Dispatch. (2023-09-30). Protests Against Mining Concession Given To Company Intensify In Panama. popularresistance.org Since early August, Panamanian trade unions, Indigenous groups, and people's movements have been taking to the streets in different parts of the country in rejection of a concession contract signed in March between the government of President Laurentino Cortizo and Minera Panamá S.A., a subsidiary of the Canadian multinational mining company First Quantum Minerals Limited. | The contract allows the mining company to continue operations at one of Central America's largest open-pit copper mines, Cobre Panamá, for 20 years, with the possibility of extending the period for another 20 years. It also authorizes the com…