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Five years ago in Nicaragua: a coup attempt begins

Five years ago in Nicaragua: a coup attempt begins

April 13, 2023

Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent attempted coup that lasted from April through July, 2018. In the first of four articles, Dan Kovalik and John Perry look at how it was planned and how it started. In the first few months of 2018, Nicaragua hardly appeared to be a strong candidate for […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, Nicaragua crisis, human rights

The United Nations is being used by the U.S. in its propaganda war against Nicaragua

The United Nations is being used by the U.S. in its propaganda war against Nicaragua

April 2, 2023

While the United States pays little regard to the human rights of many of its own citizens, it manifests intense interest in those of countries that it regards as its enemies. Nicaragua, designated by both Trump and Biden as a “strategic threat,” is seen as one of those enemies. Of the countries selected for their […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua crisis, human rights, Nicaragua, US intervention

Human rights experts call for withdrawal of biased UN report on Nicaragua

Human rights experts call for withdrawal of biased UN report on Nicaragua

March 31, 2023

Alfred de Zayas, former UN Independent Expert on International Order, has joined other human rights specialists in condemning an “expert” report on Nicaragua published on March 2nd as being unprofessional, biased, incomplete and concocted to justify further coercive sanctions that will damage Nicaragua’s economy. Such unilateral coercive measures have been condemned by the General Assembly […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, Nicaragua crisis, human rights

Nicaragua a 'Dictatorship' When It Follows US Lead on NGOs

Nicaragua a ‘Dictatorship’ When It Follows US Lead on NGOs

June 16, 2022

Daniel Ortega’s government in Nicaragua is “laying waste to civil society” according to the Associated Press. The Guardian called it a “sweeping purge of civil society,” while for the New York Times, Nicaragua is “inching toward dictatorship.” According to the Washington Post, the country is already “a dictatorship laid bare.” In a call repeated by […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, media, human rights | 5 Responses

Ordinary Nicaraguans should guide progressive left’s stance

Ordinary Nicaraguans should guide progressive left’s stance

August 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 string of opinion polls confirm what my day-to-day conversations tell me: that support for government policies […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, human rights, Nicaraguan elections | 1 Response

From the new report "Nicaragua’s Indigenous Peoples – Neocolonial Lies, Autonomous Reality"

Nicaragua rebuffs attacks at human rights hearing

March 25, 2021

Nicaragua was one of the first countries in Latin America to give constitutional rights to its Indigenous peoples and its laws to protect their territories are justly famous (especially the Autonomy Law of 1986 and the Demarcation Law of 2003). Some 40,000 Indigenous families live in areas that are legally owned and administered by over […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, environment, caribbean, human rights, Bosawás | 3 Responses

Nicaragua, attacked for following the same US policies against foreign meddling

Nicaragua, attacked for following the same US policies against foreign meddling

October 17, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched another attack on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government last month, accusing President Daniel Ortega of being a “dictator” who is “doubling down on repression and refusing to honor the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people.” The State Department openly supports what it calls “a return to democracy in Nicaragua”, saying […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, media, Nicaragua crisis, human rights

Covid-19: On the Decline in Nicaragua as its Critics Fall Silent

Covid-19: On the Decline in Nicaragua as its Critics Fall Silent

September 22, 2020

No country can yet claim to have defeated Covid-19, but clearly some are having more success than others. Nicaragua is one of these, and could yet be recognized as a world leader. With under 5,000 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began, according to official figures, its infection level is far below that of Panama (105,000), […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, media, human rights, coronavirus | 3 Responses

Armed opposition activists at Managua's Baseball Stadium, May 30 2018

Nicaragua and the OAS Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts

July 14, 2020

A briefing prepared for the Alliance for Global Justice and The Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group by Stephen Sefton, John Perry and Jorge Capélan

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, Nicaragua crisis, human rights

Revisiting 2018 Mother’s March in Nicaragua: New report repeats old bias

Revisiting 2018 Mother’s March in Nicaragua: New report repeats old bias

July 5, 2020

A report issued at the end of May repeats allegations of government repression in Nicaragua during violent protests in 2018. It was commissioned by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), a body of the Organization of American States (OAS), and revives arguments that the Sandinista government is violating human rights. It purports to provide […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, Nicaragua crisis, human rights

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