teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-11-29). Gobierno de Nicaragua muestra condiciones de Rolando àÅlvarez. telesurtv.net Mediante un comunicado, el Gobierno dio a conocer que garantiza las condiciones en el Sistema Penitenciario Nacional donde cumple la sanción de Traición a la Patria.

WSWS (2023-11-30). Contrasting inter-group behavior of our two closest evolutionary relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, provides possible insights to human evolution. wsws.org Chimpanzees are aggressive toward chimps of other groups; bonobos of different groups engage in friendly and cooperative behavior toward each other.

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-29). Panama Court Declares Mining Contract Illegal. orinocotribune.com Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Panama declared the mining contract which renewed the exploitation concession of the largest open pit copper mine in Central America to be unconstitutional. | The renewal of this contract triggered a protest movement that has spread for more than a month throughout the country. | The president of the Supreme Court of Panama, María Eugenia López, indicated that the ruling was approved unanimously. The case was opened in response to two appeals presented against Law 406, approved on October 20 by the unicameral Parliament and President Laurentino Cortizo and that contains the contract.

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-29). Panama Supreme Court Declares Mining Contract Illegal. orinocotribune.com The Supreme Court of Panama declared the mining contract which renewed a Canadian mining company's exploitation concession of the largest open pit copper mine in Central America as unconstitutional. | The renewal of this contract triggered a protest movement that has spread for more than a month throughout the country. | On Tuesday, November 28, the president of the Supreme Court of Panama, María Eugenia López, stated that the ruling was approved unanimously. The case was opened in response to two appeals presented against Law 406, approved on October 20 by the unicameral Parliament and President Laurentino Corti…

Ariadne Eljuri, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-11-29). Panama Supreme Court Declares Mining Contract Illegal. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court of Panama declared the mining contract which renewed a Canadian mining company's exploitation concession of the largest open pit copper mine in Central America as unconstitutional. | The renewal of this contract triggered a protest movement that has spread for more than a month throughout the country. | On Tuesday, November 28, the president of the Supreme Court of Panama, María Eugenia López, stated that the ruling was approved unanimously. The case was opened in response to two appeals presented against Law 406, approved on October 20 by the unicameral Parliament and President Laurentino Corti…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-11-29). Gobierno de Nicaragua muestra condiciones de Rolando àÅlvarez. telesurtv.net Mediante un comunicado, el Gobierno dio a conocer que garantiza las condiciones en el Sistema Penitenciario Nacional donde cumple la sanción de Traición a la Patria.

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-28). European Union Eases Some Illegal Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The European Union (EU) agreed to relax some of the sanctions imposed on Venezuela, with the objective of "facilitating organizations to deliver humanitarian aid," in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations. | The group currently consisting of 27 countries agreed to introduce exceptions to the asset freeze that the EU maintains against Venezuela, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Guinea, Lebanon, Burma, Nicaragua, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe. | Referring to United Nations (UN) resolution 2664, passed in 2022, the EU can carry out financial transactions if the objective is to ensure humanitarian assista…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-28). El Salvador has largest army in Central America. plenglish.com When President Nayib Bukele took office in 2019, he promised to increase the number of military personnel to 40,000 troops. Today, it has reached 24,500, the highest compared with Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, where there are 27,460 police officers. | La Prensa Gráfica newspaper indicated that in the last five years, the defense budget has increased from 141 to 250.6 million dollars in 2023. The military forces currently participate in missions in the war declared against gangs along with the police. | The data published in the digital magazine states that El Salvador is the second Central American country…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-29). Panama Court Declares Mining Contract Illegal. orinocotribune.com Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Panama declared the mining contract which renewed the exploitation concession of the largest open pit copper mine in Central America to be unconstitutional. | The renewal of this contract triggered a protest movement that has spread for more than a month throughout the country. | The president of the Supreme Court of Panama, María Eugenia López, indicated that the ruling was approved unanimously. The case was opened in response to two appeals presented against Law 406, approved on October 20 by the unicameral Parliament and President Laurentino Cortizo and that contains the contract.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-28). El Salvador has largest army in Central America. plenglish.com When President Nayib Bukele took office in 2019, he promised to increase the number of military personnel to 40,000 troops. Today, it has reached 24,500, the highest compared with Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, where there are 27,460 police officers. | La Prensa Gráfica newspaper indicated that in the last five years, the defense budget has increased from 141 to 250.6 million dollars in 2023. The military forces currently participate in missions in the war declared against gangs along with the police. | The data published in the digital magazine states that El Salvador is the second Central American country…

John Perry, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-11-27). US Sanctions Hit Nicaragua's Social Investment Programs. popularresistance.org Which country spends nearly two-thirds of its budget on tackling poverty? When I met Nicaragua's finance minister, Ivan Acosta, he had just presented his 2024 budget to its National Assembly, and he made clear that a large part of it is aimed at doing just that. | In cash terms, Nicaragua's government will spend about 24% more in 2024 than in the current year, which includes a huge increase (43%) in public sector investment. Acosta explained how the country would continue its recent advances in health, education, transport, energy, water supply, housing and local government services. Less than 3% of spending is f…

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-28). European Union Eases Some Illegal Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The European Union (EU) agreed to relax some of the sanctions imposed on Venezuela, with the objective of " facilitating organizations to deliver humanitarian aid," in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations. | The group currently consisting of 27 countries agreed to introduce exceptions to the asset freeze that the EU maintains against Venezuela, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Guinea, Lebanon, Burma, Nicaragua, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe. | Referring to United Nations (UN) resolution 2664, passed in 2022, the EU can carry out financial transactions if the objective is to ensure humanitarian assist…

David Carrier (2023-11-27). The Present State of Our Art World. counterpunch.org For a very long time, at least since the 1980s, there has been a dramatic contrast between the politics of most art writers and artists and those of the collector class. The art writers and artists who had any political concerns have been liberal-leftists, while their collectors often have had decidedly conservative views. (Here of

Erica Caines, Hood Communist. (2023-11-26). Community Control For A Zone Of Peace. popularresistance.org Earlier this year, in January, I had the privilege of spending ten days on the Women In Nicaragua: Power and Protagonism delegation which was organized by the Jubilee House Community — Casa Benjamin Linder and Alliance for Global Justice. This was nothing short of a life changing trip. This opportunity came by way of a sponsorship so I want to encourage you all in donating to allow another person this same opportunity. Because I promise you, I have not been the same since I've returned. | I've often described my trip in January as nothing short of life changing. So when given the chance to return in July le…

John Perry (2023-11-26). US Sanctions Hit Nicaragua's Social Investment Programs. orinocotribune.com By John Perry — Nov 7, 2023 | John Perry is based in Masaya, Nicaragua, and writes for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, FAIR and other outlets. | Which country spends nearly two-thirds of its budget on tackling poverty? When I met Nicaragua's finance minister, Ivan Acosta, he had just presented his 2024 budget to its National Assembly, and he made clear that a large part of it is aimed at doing just that. | In cash terms, Nicaragua's government will spend about 24% more in 2024 than in the current year, which includes a huge increase (43%) in public sector investment. Acosta explai…

teleSUR, SH (2023-11-26). Presidente Daniel Ortega recuerda al comandante Fidel Castro. telesurtv.net El presidente y vicepresidenta de Nicaragua, dijeron que la vida de Fidel Castro habla del deber de seguir en las batallas para custodiar la Vida, la Justicia y la Paz.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-11-24). Vicepresidenta Murillo reitera que Nicaragua tiene paz. telesurtv.net Murillo instó a personas malintecionadas a dejar "de aprovechar tanta Belleza, Alegría y Talento nicaragüense".

Melvin Goodman (2023-11-22). Biden and the Washington Post Combine to Argue for War. counterpunch.org David Ignatius, the Washington Post's national security columnist, has been an apologist for the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency for the past several decades. In the past, he has defended the CIA's political assassination program as well as its torture and abuse program. He never condemned the CIA training of death squads in Central America and never deplored the Phoenix program during the Vietnam War, when the CIA ran a paramilitary campaign of interrogation, torture, and assassination that targeted many innocent victims. Now, he has a new client—the Israeli Defense Forces—and the IDF co…