(2021-05-02). How Nicaragua Thrives Despite Illegal US Intervention. orinocotribune.com By Madeline McClure — Apr 27, 2021 | In March, 2021, I traveled to Nicaragua as a delegate with the Sanctions Kill! coalition to witness the impact of the 'coercive measures' the U.S. uses to impose its political and economic interests, rationalized by its allegations of repression and political crisis. Yet rather than find a people under dictatorship, I arrived to a society thrumming with autonomous productivity, bolstered by decades of redistributed wealth, historic self-determination and a disciplined sense of resiliency. | There's a feeling in the air that the U.S. media hasn't quite been able to put its…
(2021-05-02). Como prospera Nicaragua a pesar de la intervención ilegal de Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca En marzo de 2021, viajé a Nicaragua como delegado de Sanctions Kill! coalición para presenciar el impacto de las 'medidas coercitivas' que usa Estados Unidos para imponer sus intereses políticos y económicos, racionalizados por sus acusaciones de represión y crisis…
(2021-05-01). Elliot Abrams: The Venezuelan Opposition Must Stop Waiting for an Invasion. orinocotribune.com Elliot Abrams, US special representative in charge of Venezuelan and Iranian affairs for the Trump administration, stated in an interview with the Colombian media NTN24 that the Venezuelan opposition should stop its efforts to obtain "magic solutions," such as an armed invasion and, instead, concentrate on joining forces to accelerate the departure of President Nicolás Maduro from power. | The US official likewise stressed that, when it comes to the task of uniting the opposition, "it does not get any easier when the political leaders of the Venezuelan opposition basically say: 'I don't want to do the job, I want…
(2021-05-01). Women's Rights In Nicaragua Under Attack From An Unlikely Source. popularresistance.org Gioconda Belli, the Nicaraguan writer perhaps best known for her autobiography The Country Under My Skin, has been described as 'an icon of Latin American feminist literature'. She spoke recently of the 'extraordinary power' of being a woman, and that despite this power 'women have often been relegated to a second place, one where they are only seen from the role of reproduction, pleasure and service.' Nevertheless, she added, 'there have been enough ground-breaking women who have been and are still breaking into lots of situations where we couldn't have been found before.' | Extraordinary, then, that Belli has a…
