2023-06-15: News Headlines

Staff (2023-06-15). Iran's Raisi in Nicaragua: New World Order Far From US Interests, Washington Whines. orinocotribune.com The president of Iran praised the resistance of the peoples of Iran and Nicaragua, deeming the US conspiracies against both nations to have failed. | The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, welcomed his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, as a "brother president," stating that both countries shared "signs from God," noting the coincidence of the triumphs of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979 and of the Sandinista Revolution in July of the same year. | "Since the beginning of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, there has been an excellent fraternal relationship with our brothers in the Sandinist…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-06-15). Presidente de Irán visita la Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua. telesurtv.net Raisi aseguró que los imperialistas le temen a la justicia, la conciencia y los pueblos, pues son contrarios a sus intereses.

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-15). Nicaragua e Irán firman acuerdos de cooperación. telesurtv.net Autoridades de ambos países firmaron tres memorandos de cooperación en diversas áreas de interés.

teleSUR (2023-06-14). Iran and Nicaragua Struggle Against a Common Enemy: Raisi. telesurenglish.net During a speech in the Nicaraguan Congress on Wednesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed that the resistance of the peoples contributes to change in the world order and to the decline of the hegemonic projects of the United States. | RELATED: | U.S. imperialism has always been against Latin American popular governments, he said, adding that Imperialism seeks to exploit the people and oppose their will. | Raisi stres…

teleSUR (2023-06-14). Iranian First Lady Alamolhoda Talks Exclusively With TeleSUR. telesurenglish.net As part of a Latin American tour that includes Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his wife Jamileh Alamolhoda were in Caracas on Tuesday. Below is an interview granted by the Iranian First Lady to teleSUR. | RELATED: | – A few months ago, you had a meeting with women leaders from many parts of our Latin America. How was that meeting, which you have announced here in Venezuela as a second…

Editor (2023-06-15). VIDEO: State Dept. Spokesperson Matt Miller Avoids Commenting on USAID Funding of Research That Could Have Triggered COVID Pandemic. scheerpost.com The British Sunday Times ran a piece fingering China using anonymous State Department sources, without noting that the State Department and USAID may themselves be culpable.

Laith Fadel (2023-06-14). Honduran President makes historic visit to China. america.cgtn.com With the President of Honduras Xiomara Castro nearing the end of her historic visit to China, the two countries will see the fruits of this developing relationship, as the Central American nation strengthens its self determination in the international arena. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports. …

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2023-06-14: News Headlines

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-14). Presidente de Irán llega a Nicaragua. telesurtv.net Está previsto que el presidente iraní sostenga un encuentro con su homólogo Daniel Ortega en horas de la tarde.

teleSUR, MER (2023-06-14). Presidente de Nicaragua recibe a su homólogo de Irán. telesurtv.net El mandatario nicaragüense destacó que no es casualidad que la revolución en Irán triunfara en 1979, mismo año del triunfo de la Revolución Sandinista.

teleSUR (2023-06-14). Iranian First Lady Alamolhoda Talks Exclusively With TeleSUR. telesurenglish.net As part of a Latin American tour that includes Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his wife Jamileh Alamolhoda were in Caracas on Tuesday. Below is an interview granted by the Iranian First Lady to teleSUR. | RELATED: | – A few months ago, you had a meeting with women leaders from many parts of our Latin America. How was that meeting, which you have announced here in Venezuela as a second…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-13). Iranian president visits Latin American countries in an attempt to strengthen multipolar world order. peoplesdispatch.org Ebrahim Raisi is on a five-day state visit to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua — Latin American countries that have been similarly affected by stringent US sanctions and hegemonic politics…

teleSUR (2023-06-13). Iranian President Arrives in Nicaragua on Official Visit. telesurenglish.net Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi arrived on Tuesday in Nicaragua on an official visit after visiting Venezuela, the first stop on his tour of Latin America. | RELATED: | The Persian head of state arrived at Augusto C. Sandino airport in Managua, accompanied by First Lady Jamileh Alamolhoda. | Raisi and the delegation accompanying him, including members of his cabinet: the ministers of Health, Culture, Oil and Econ…

teleSUR (2023-06-13). 504 Cuban Athletes to Participate in the Central American Games. telesurenglish.net A total of 504 athletes from 36 sports disciplines will make up the Cuban delegation that will compete in the Central American and Caribbean Games, which start on June 23 in El Salvador. | RELATED: | The Cuban sports newspaper Jit stressed that the multi-time Olympic and world champions Julio Cesar La Cruz (boxing) and Idalys Ortiz (judo) will lead the delegation of the Caribbean country to the sports event. | Cuba aspires…

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2023-06-13: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-13). Iranian president visits Latin American countries in an attempt to strengthen multipolar world order. peoplesdispatch.org Ebrahim Raisi is on a five-day state visit to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua — Latin American countries that have been similarly affected by stringent US sanctions and hegemonic politics…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-06-12). Nicaragua projects GDP growth of 3,5%. plenglish.com Managua, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua is projecting a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 3,5% this year due to the increase in international prices that several items of the country's economy are registering today, it was reported here.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-12). Neo-Nazi Regiments in the Ukraine Army? It's Perfectly Ok with U.S. State Department and CIA—and Its Reliable New York Times Echo Chamber—as Long as They Hide Those Nasty Neo-Nazi Insignia. covertactionmagazine.com Bellingcat is a Netherlands-based investigative research group that received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA cutout that promotes propaganda denigrating U.S. enemies and defending U.S.-NATO foreign policy. On June 6, one of its researchers, Michael Colborne, provided a tortured defense essentially of the adoption of Nazi insignia by Ukrainian soldiers on …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-12). China, Honduras seal 17 pacts, including Belt and Road project. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) China and Honduras sealed 17 agreements Monday to expand exchanges in several socio-economic sectors and include the Central American territory in the Belt and Road project.


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2023-06-12: News Headlines

teleSUR (2023-06-12). Iranian President Raisi Begins Latin American Tour in Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi left for Venezuela to begin his first tour of Latin America, which also includes visits to Cuba and Nicaragua. | RELATED: | Before boarding the plane to Venezuela, he revealed that his administration advocates cementing ties with the Latin American nations. | Raisi considered relations with Latin American countries "strategic" and stated that this visit will mean "a turnin…

Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-11). June 18 Webinar: ALBA-TCP, First Fair Trade Agreement In The World. popularresistance.org The Chicago ALBA Solidarity Committee is inviting everyone to a webinar organized by the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, with the participation of high-level officials from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, to expose the attacks that successive US administrations have unsuccessfully launched over the years to destroy the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas — Peoples Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP). | The speakers will be: from Cuba, Héctor Igarza Cabrera, ambassador to Canada; from Venezuela, Carlos Ron, Venezuela's deputy foreign affairs minister for North America; and from Nicaragua, Minister of Commerce Jesús B…

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism. (2023-06-11). The US Economy — Surprisingly Resilient Or Potemkin Village? popularresistance.org For today's episode, we want to talk about what's going on in the US economy. Because when you look at the discussion that's going on, you see a lot of contradictory narratives. On the one hand, you have people like Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan, who said on Sunday that the country may face a mild recession later this year. You see a lot of major CEOs making similar predictions. By contrast, the Biden administration and much of the US mainstream media are insisting that the US economy is showing extraordinary resilience. So, Michael, I want to ask you, what is your analysis on the current state of the US e…

ecns.cn (2023-06-12). Honduran embassy in Beijing ushers in new era of ties. ecns.cn State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina jointly unveiled a plaque to formally inaugurate the Central American country's embassy in Beijing on Sunday morning.


Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-06-11). El Salvador will be ready for the Games, Bukele says. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) President Nayib Bukele said today in a tweet that El Salvador will be ready for the 24th Central American and Caribbean Sports Games.


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2023-06-10: News Headlines

Nan McCurdy (2023-06-09). Defending Nicaragua During the 2018 Coup Attempt. orinocotribune.com By Nan McCurdy — Jun 1, 2023 | [This is primarily a translation of accounts by Edwin Mendoza. Mendoza is a member of the July 19 Sandinista Youth Association. He has begun writing his own story and that of other young people about what happened during the 2018 US-backed coup attempt. I found the following accounts on his Facebook page and I also heard them read on Sin Fronteras, a tri-weekly analysis program on Radio La Primerisima with William Grigsby, journalist/analyst/historian.] | May 10, 2018 | A group of about forty-five JS19J (Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio / July 19 Sandinista Youth) went to the Di…

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-06-09). Honduran president begins China visit. america.cgtn.com After establishing formal diplomatic relations with Beijing in March, Xiomara Castro becomes the first Honduran president to visit China, in a significant event for the geopolitics not only of her own nation, but for Central America as a whole.


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2023-06-09: News Headlines

Nan McCurdy (2023-06-09). Defending Nicaragua During the 2018 Coup Attempt. orinocotribune.com By Nan McCurdy — Jun 1, 2023 | [This is primarily a translation of accounts by Edwin Mendoza. Mendoza is a member of the July 19 Sandinista Youth Association. He has begun writing his own story and that of other young people about what happened during the 2018 US-backed coup attempt. I found the following accounts on his Facebook page and I also heard them read on Sin Fronteras, a tri-weekly analysis program on Radio La Primerisima with William Grigsby, journalist/analyst/historian.] | May 10, 2018 | A group of about forty-five JS19J (Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio / July 19 Sandinista Youth) went to the Di…

Staff (2023-06-08). President of Iran to Visit Latin America on Sunday. orinocotribune.com Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi will tour the region to cement bilateral ties with Latin American countries. | In line with international interactions and in order to continue with the policy of strengthening relations with friendly countries and raising the level of economic, political, and scientific cooperation between them, the Iranian president will begin an international tour in Latin America on June 11. Accompanied by a high-level delegation, President Raisi will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba in the coming days. | During President Raisi's visit to the Latin American region, in order to improve…

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-06-09). Honduran president begins China visit. america.cgtn.com After establishing formal diplomatic relations with Beijing in March, Xiomara Castro becomes the first Honduran president to visit China, in a significant event for the geopolitics not only of her own nation, but for Central America as a whole.


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