2021-09-07: News Headlines

John Perry (2021-09-06). Ordinary Nicaraguans Should Guide Progressive Left's Stance. orinocotribune.com By John Perry — Aug 29, 2021 | As elections approach in Nicaragua, there has been a spate of left-wing criticism of Daniel Ortega's government that, to someone living in the country, seems bizarrely out of sync with what most Nicaraguans see as their pressing priorities. A

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-06). Nicaragua's Caribbean Autonomous Regions: Valdrack Jaentschke. libya360.wordpress.com We sat down for an informal conversation with Nicaragua's former Minister Advisor for International Affairs & the Caribbean, Valdrack Jaentschke, in Managua. Jaentschke discusses the relinquishing of rights under the Sandinista Revolution in the Caribbean coastal regions where Black/Afro-descendant and Indigenous peoples have government recognized and supported autonomy. Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples of the Caribbean…

2021-09-06: News Headlines

John Perry (2021-09-06). Ordinary Nicaraguans Should Guide Progressive Left's Stance. orinocotribune.com By John Perry — Aug 29, 2021 | As elections approach in Nicaragua, there has been a spate of left-wing criticism of Daniel Ortega's government that, to someone living in the country, seems bizarrely out of sync with what most Nicaraguans see as their pressing priorities. A

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-06). Nicaragua's Caribbean Autonomous Regions: Valdrack Jaentschke. libya360.wordpress.com We sat down for an informal conversation with Nicaragua's former Minister Advisor for International Affairs & the Caribbean, Valdrack Jaentschke, in Managua. Jaentschke discusses the relinquishing of rights under the Sandinista Revolution in the Caribbean coastal regions where Black/Afro-descendant and Indigenous peoples have government recognized and supported autonomy. Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples of the Caribbean…

Teri Mattson (2021-09-05). Nicaragua Launches Plan to Fight Poverty and Promote Human Development. orinocotribune.com

| By Teri Mattson and John Perry — Sep 2, 2021 | Ivan Acosta is Nicaragua's minister of housing and public credit, with responsibility for key aspects of government planning. In July, he presented the country's new "National Plan for the Fight against Poverty and for Human Development." This builds on the achievements of Nicaragua's Sandinista government since it returned to power in 2007 and sets out how they will continue if Daniel Ortega's government is returned at November's elections. Ivan Acosta is currently subject to personal US sanctions, along…

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2021-09-05: News Headlines

Teri Mattson (2021-09-05). Nicaragua Launches Plan to Fight Poverty and Promote Human Development. orinocotribune.com

| By Teri Mattson and John Perry — Sep 2, 2021 | Ivan Acosta is Nicaragua's minister of housing and public credit, with responsibility for key aspects of government planning. In July, he presented the country's new "National Plan for the Fight against Poverty and for Human Development." This builds on the achievements of Nicaragua's Sandinista government since it returned to power in 2007 and sets out how they will continue if Daniel Ortega's government is returned at November's elections. Ivan Acosta is currently subject to personal US sanctions, along…

_____ (2021-09-04). Statement Of The International Delegation To Nicaragua. popularresistance.org We have come to Nicaragua this week to see for ourselves the lived reality of the Nicaraguan people. We are here from the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. From July 18 to July 25 our delegation, organized by the Nicaragua Network, had the opportunity to visit Managua, Granada, Estelí and Masaya. We have seen the beauty of this country and its people — a people struggling mightily to live in peace and prosperity despite constant U.S. aggression and brutal sanctions. | We heard from health care providers, teachers and vocational instructors in Estelí who are working to make sure that working class p…