Biden declares another “national emergency” because of the threat posed by tiny Nicaragua
In the dying days of his administration, President Biden must have needed a reminder by his officials on November 22. He had to decide whether Nicaragua still poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”. Presumably he agreed that it does, because he renewed its status […]
The CAFTA treaty and the prospect of new US sanctions against Nicaragua
A briefing for the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, June 2024 Draft legislation currently passing through the United States Congress appears to conflict with an important US trade treaty. A bill (S.1818, the ill-named “Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act”) has passed with amendments through the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. A similar bill (H.R.6954), […]
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Nicaragua’s Finance Minister details how US sanctions impact Nicaragua’s poor
Is it true that 50% of Nicaraguans want to leave their country owing to a climate of repression and economic decline, supposedly resulting from socialist policies? This was the allegation in a report published by AmericasBarometer, a research agency based at Vanderbilt University, which failed to note that its previous forecast, that 30% of Nicaraguans […]
John Perry lives in Masaya, Nicaragua where he works on