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Honduran migrants halted in Guatemala (photo: Reuters)

If it were a narco lab, it would be working

February 16, 2021

On the day he was inaugurated, Joe Biden halted the construction of Trump’s Mexican border wall. A few days earlier, 1500 miles to the south, a new ‘caravan’ of at least eight thousand Honduran migrants had set off northwards, partly in the hope that by the time they tried to cross into Texas, Biden’s promised […]

Category: Migration, Latin America | Tags: Honduras, US intervention, migration, Guatemala

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: Nicaragua, environment, US intervention, media

Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer

Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer

November 15, 2020

“Almost every American overthrow of a foreign government has left in its wake a bitter residue of pain and anger.” A review of Overthrow by Stephen Kinser, published in 2006.

Category: Latin America, Book reviews | Tags: Honduras, Nicaragua, US intervention, Guatemala, chile | 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

Coronavirus is being tackled by Nicaragua’s community-based health system

Coronavirus is being tackled by Nicaragua’s community-based health system

August 9, 2020

by Kevin Zeese and John Perry Sadly, only a month after contributing to this article, Kevin Zeese died suddenly. He will be sorely missed. Nicaragua’s Sandinista government is – like every other government – engaged in a struggle to limit the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on its people. But Nicaragua suffers two additional handicaps. […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, Nicaragua crisis, coronavirus

The US contracts out its regime change operation in Nicaragua

The US contracts out its regime change operation in Nicaragua

August 5, 2020

An extraordinary leaked document gives a glimpse of the breadth and complexity of the US government’s plan to interfere in Nicaragua’s internal affairs up to and after its presidential election in 2021.

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, Nicaragua crisis | 1 Response

Why the Labour movement should support Nicaragua’s Sandinista government

Why the Labour movement should support Nicaragua’s Sandinista government

July 30, 2020

The Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua was an inspiration to many on the left in the 1980s. Forty-one years later, it still urgently needs and deserves our support. The case for doing so is a very strong one. After the US-inspired “Contra war” led to electoral defeat for the Sandinistas in 1990, the country endured 16 […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Nicaragua, US intervention, coronavirus

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

Nina Lakhani’s “Who Killed Berta Cáceres?”: Life, Death, and Legacy of a Courageous Honduran Indigenous Leader

Nina Lakhani’s “Who Killed Berta Cáceres?”: Life, Death, and Legacy of a Courageous Honduran Indigenous Leader

June 10, 2020

“They build dams and kill people.” These words, spoken by a witness when the murderers of environmental defender Berta Cáceres were brought to trial in Honduras, describe Desarrollos Energéticos SA (DESA), the company whose dam project Berta opposed. DESA was created in May 2009 solely to build the Agua Zarca hydroelectric scheme, using the waters […]

Category: Latin America, Energy and the environment, Book reviews | Tags: Honduras, drugs, US intervention, Berta Cáceres, env

COVID-19 as a pretext for repression

COVID-19 as a pretext for repression

May 2, 2020

“He’s not a doctor, I don’t think.” Trump had just finished a phone call with Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), the de facto president of Honduras who runs a narco-state. On April 30, JOH was indirectly implicated in drug and murder charges by the US Justice Department in a case against a former chief police officer. This […]

Category: Latin America | Tags: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, drugs, US intervention, El Salvador, panama, coronavirus

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