Manuel E. Yepe The Latin American Freedom Forum, took place in 2017 in Buenos Aires with the participation of President Mauricio Macri and Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. It discussed a strategy to defeat socialism at all levels, with tactics ranging from camp battles on university campuses to nationwide mobilization to force the removal of…
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Distorting Past and Present: Reuters on Nicaragua’s Armed Uprising
Joe Emersberger Reuters would be unlikely to characterize protesters as “mainly peaceful” if they were shooting mortars at the police force of a pro-Western government. From April 18 until late July 2018, an armed insurrection in Nicaragua left hundreds of people dead. The uprising, backed enthusiastically by private media outlets in Nicaragua (in particular one…
If I Worked for the Nicaraguan Opposition…
Forget my boring job. I have a new career path in mind. I want to be an advisor for the Nicaraguan opposition. Junior Taylor After 90 days of civil conflict, Nicaraguan roads are all open again, the markets are filled with colorful fruits, vegetables and people, and the smiles are returning to the faces in…
Recolonization of America: The Taking of Nicaragua. NGOs and the Fourth Generation War
Pablo Heraklio Translated by Internationalist 360° Nicaragua is the new objective of the classic style of color revolutions, the application of XXI century war strategy, financed by international holdings in which banks, corporations, mercenaries and armies are combined, using local political and fascist actors simply called “opponents”, supporting them with state-of-the-art professional equipment and all the…
After the Failed Coup, After All the Lies, Nicaragua Rebuilds
Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal, July 23rd 2018 Nicaragua is entering a new political phase of reconstruction in multiple senses, now the US backed right wing coup attempt has failed. The country’s political opposition have suffered another catastrophic failure. After months of intimidation and insecurity, savage violence and economic blockade at the hands of the…
In Nicaragua, is Operation “Contra 2” Failing?
Alex Anfruns Thrown under the spotlight since mid-April, the homeland of Sandino is still facing an intense political crisis. From now on, the crisis seems to be approaching its final resolution. On the one hand, the Nicaraguan people are mobilizing more and more alongside the authorities to help them dismantle barricades in insurgent spots. And…
The Counterinsurgency War: Nicaragua in the Spotlight
Stella Calloni Original in Spanish If the most serious opposition to President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua does not set itself apart from the mercenaries who continue to commit atrocious crimes against dozens of Sandinistas for their simply supporting the government, including torture and public flogging (videos recorded by professional journalists), and if they fail to…
With Cynical Theater Nicaragua’s Opposition Erase Their Crimes to Facilitate US Intervention
Tortilla con Sal, July 15th 2018 Events in Nicaragua over this weekend of July 13th-15th show how refined the techniques of psychological warfare have become with the political opposition here using social media to create events that never happened and erase their own criminal terrorist attacks. The crisis in Nicaragua began with a fake “student…
Nicaragua: We Can Assume Almost Anything . . .
Barbara Moore We can assume almost anything . . . Let’s assume that what is generally referred to as ‘the opposition’ can still be called the ‘student-led’ opposition. Let’s assume that on April 18th the students were misinformed on the Ortega solution to the Social Security shortfall as that is the easiest way to explain…
Correcting the Record: What is Really Happening in Nicaragua?
Kevin Zeese, Nils McCune There is a great deal of false and inaccurate information about Nicaragua in the media. Even on the left, some have simply repeated the dubious claims of CNN and Nicaragua’s oligarchic media to support the removal of President Ortega. The narrative of nonviolent protesters versus anti-riot squads and pro-government paramilitaries has…
Nicaragua: Legitimacy and Human Rights
Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal, July 4th 2018 The murder of Miguel Ramos yesterday July 3rd focuses many aspects of the current crisis in Nicaragua to do with conflicting claims of legitimacy involving fundamental issues of civil and political rights and social and economic rights. In 1978 and 1979, as a teenager in the Carlos…
Nicaragua: Terrorism as an Art of Demonstrating
Alex Anfruns For two months, Nicaragua has been through a major political crisis, fueled by clashes between law enforcement and an insurgency. Humanitarian organizations report a terrifying record of nearly 200 deaths. This violence, compromising the attempts of political negotiations, makes it necessary to understand who has an interest in paralyzing this Central American country….
