2024
Welcome to Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition archive where you can find informative, well-researched articles from sources that respect Nicaragua’s sovereignty & affirm its achievements.
Cortez, Juan [interview of Dr. Carlos Arguello]. “The World Court’s Decision Means All Nations Must Respect International Law.” NicaNotes, 9 May 2024. Genocide Convention, Germany, Israel, Palestine, preventive measure
Renk, Becca. “Ben Linder: At 37 Years, Presente!” NicaNotes, 2 May 2024. En español aquí. US engineer, Sergio Hernández, Pablo Rosales, San José de Bocay, hydroelectric plant
Renk, Becca. “Nicaragua the Good Shepherd.” LAProgressive, 24 April 2024. En español aquí mass, children, Palestine, Germany, International Court of Justice
Perry, John. “Germany Buries the Evidence of Complicity in Genocide; Nicaragua Exposes It.” NicaNotes, 25 April 2024. Original article: Popular Resistance, Morning Star, Anti War, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Resumen Latinoamericano, Struggle La Lucha, LA Progressive, Nicanotes and Tortilla con Sal. En español aquí. Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, International Court of Justice, US-funded Contra war, arms sales, Yanis Varoufakis
Clark-Gollub, Jill and Larcom, Barbara. “More Sanctions on Nicaragua will Deepen US Migration Crisis: A Conversation with Barbara Larcom and Jill Clark-Gollub.” NicaNotes, 18 April 2024. human rights, healthcare, gender equality, Casa Benjamin Linder, Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
De Zayas, Alfred and Perry, John. “UN Human Rights Council Again Supports US Regime Change Plans for Nicaragua.” NicaNotes, 11 April 2024. Original article in Counterpunch, Popular Resistance, Dissident Voice, Resumen Latinoamericano, Orinoco Tribune, Global Research, Black Agenda Report, Nicanotes and Tortilla con Sal. Tambien en español aqui. 2018 attempted coup d’état, Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, amnesty, migration, unilateral coercive measures (“sanctions”)
Kuzmarov, Jeremy. “The Truth was almost Killed in Nicaragua: Survivor of Radio Station Attack by US Backed Criminals During 2018 Coup Attempt Recounts Harrowing Ordeal.” NicaNotes, 3 April 2024. Nueva Radio Ya, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), human rights NGOs, human development plan
Bautista, Francisco Javier. “Nicaragua: Complete Religious Freedom for the People of God.” NicaNotes, 28 March 2024. Catholic, Evangelical, Protestant, Moravian
Yuill, Helen. “Climate Justice = Holistic Transformation, Not Tinkering Around the Edges.” NicaNotes, 21 March 2024. carbon neutrality, UN Green Climate Fund (GCF), renewable energy, Valdrak Jaentschke, Dr Paul Oquist
Renk, Becca. “Celebrating Women’s Day in Nicaragua: “We won’t go back into our cages!” NicaNotes, 13 March 2024. En español aquí organic fair-trade certified coffee, maternity wait homes, Zero Hunger program, gender parity law, Zero Usury law
Blaustein, Jonah. “Letter to my Senators about Sanctions/Unilateral Coercive Measures.” NicaNotes, 7 March 2024. displacement, migration, medicines, medical equipment
Perry, John. “The Human Rights Industry and Nicaragua.” NicaNotes, 29 February 2024. Original post: Covert Action, Anti War, Popular Resistance, Nicanotes and Tortilla con Sal. Alfred de Zayas, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Organization of American States (OAS), Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, George Soros’s Open Society Foundation
Hoyt, Katherine. “On the 90th Anniversary of his Death: Race, Class and Sandino’s Politics.” NicaNotes, 22 February 2024. US Marine occupation, “colossus of the north,” Somoza family dictatorship, Carlos Fonseca, Indo-Hispanic unity
Renk, Becca. “Nicaragua Leads the World: Holding Countries Accountable Without War or Sanctions.” NicaNotes, 15 February 2024. En español aquí unilateral coercive measures, human rights, International Court of Justice, World Court, Genocide Convention
Parry, Nat. “World Court Israel Ruling and the 1986 Judgment against the US in the Nicaragua Case.” NicaNotes, 8 February 2024. International Court of Justice, Genocide Convention, Contras, reparations, jurisdiction
De Zayas, Alfred. “Unilateral Coercive Measures and Human Rights.” NicaNotes, 1 February 2024. sanctions, use of force, “collective punishment,” migration, genocide, democracy
Clark-Gollub, Jill. “We Must Stop New Sanctions on Nicaragua from Advancing in Congress.” NicaNotes, 24 January 2024. “Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights Act,” unilateral coercive measures, collective punishment, migration, CAFTA trade agreement
Hoyt, Katherine. “New House Resolution Would Annul the Monroe Doctrine!” NicaNotes, 16 January 2024. 1904 Roosevelt Corollary, US intervention, forced migration, sanctions, sovereign economic development plans
Sandelin, Raul. “Today’s Nicaragua: “Jungle Outposts” or AM-PMs?” NicaNotes, 11 January 2024. National Public Radio (NPR), Eyder Peralta, Ayesha Rascoe, photographs, objective journalism
McCurdy, Nan. “NicaNotes News Briefs.” NicaNotes, 4 January 2024. schools, wages, vaccination, trade with China, religion