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Nicaragua’s inconvenient Covid victory

Nicaragua’s inconvenient Covid victory

November 24, 2022

In Nicaragua, Latin America’s third poorest country, people who don’t work don’t eat. Three-quarters of jobs are in small businesses or the informal economy. So when its first Covid case was diagnosed on 18 March 2020, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega knew that shutting down the economy would be catastrophic.

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, media, coronavirus

AP (Washington Post, 11/6/22) presented Nicaraguan local elections as a “consolidation of the totalitarian regime of Daniel Ortega.”

For Corporate Media, Sandinistas’ Electoral Success Proves Their Repressiveness

November 21, 2022

The headline in the Washington Post ahead of Nicaragua’s local elections hinted at skepticism: “Nicaragua Ruling Party Seeks to Expand Hold in Local Votes” (11/6/22). The story itself, taken from an Associated Press report filed from Mexico City, was worse, framing the elections as a “farce” carried out “under the absolute control” of the governing […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: media, Nicaraguan elections, Nicaragua | 4 Responses

Street march in Masaya, July 2022

Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation

July 21, 2022

July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it’s yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. We’ll hear again about how the government “clamps down on dissent,” about […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, media | 2 Responses

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

How “virtual crime scenes” became a propaganda tool in Nicaragua, Ukraine and Syria

How “virtual crime scenes” became a propaganda tool in Nicaragua, Ukraine and Syria

May 28, 2022

Written jointly with Rick Sterling This article shows how media uses computer modeling and “virtual crime scenes” to assign blame for some extremely important international events. In these examples from Nicaragua, Ukraine and Syria, many people died in complex circumstances. The deaths at the “Mother’s March” in Managua, Nicaragua precipitated an attempted coup.  The Maidan […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: syria, Nicaragua, media, Nicaragua crisis, ukraine

If there was “fraud” in Nicaragua’s elections, where’s the proof?

If there was “fraud” in Nicaragua’s elections, where’s the proof?

November 17, 2021

Official results from Nicaragua’s elections on November 7 showed Daniel Ortega re-elected as president with 75% of the vote. On the same day, President Joe Biden dismissed the ballot as a “pantomime election” and within 48 hours the Organization of American States (OAS) had produced a 16-page report setting out its criticisms. It demanded the […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, media, Nicaraguan elections | 3 Responses

Facebook does the US government’s censorship work in Nicaraguan elections

Facebook does the US government’s censorship work in Nicaraguan elections

November 3, 2021

A few days before the Nicaraguan presidential elections on November 7, Facebook and other social media companies began closing down many of the pages used by Sandinista supporters in their campaign to re-elect President Daniel Ortega. This blatant censorship move was said to be because they had discovered “troll farms” operated by government agencies. But […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: media, Nicaraguan elections, Nicaragua, US intervention | 2 Responses

With Nicaragua, Scary Covid Projections Are More Newsworthy Than Hopeful Results

With Nicaragua, Scary Covid Projections Are More Newsworthy Than Hopeful Results

April 3, 2021

One year ago, as both the Trump administration in the US and the Johnson government in the UK responded fitfully to the growing pandemic, the international media were looking for whipping boys: other countries whose response to the virus was even worse.

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, media, coronavirus

Progressive Media Promoted a False Story of ‘Conflict Beef’ From Nicaragua

Progressive Media Promoted a False Story of ‘Conflict Beef’ From Nicaragua

December 5, 2020

In October Two Worlds reported on news stories appearing in the US, calling for a boycott of meat imports from Nicaragua. Attempts were made to persuade Reveal News and PBS Newshour to correct their stories or provide a right of reply. They refused, hence the following article published by the website FAIR, which aims to […]

Category: Latin America, Energy and the environment | Tags: US intervention, media, Bosawás, Nicaragua, environment

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

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