NSCAG Street seller Maribel Baldizon at her fruit stall in Managua For 33 years Maribel Baldizon Garcia has been a self-employed worker selling tropical fruit at a bus stop near the Central America University (UCA) in Managua. Maribel is one of 65,000 street sellers, mechanic and carpentry workshop owners, money changers, taxi drivers, craftspeople, litter-pickers…
Category: NICARAGUA
Exclusive Interview with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister: “We Call on the US to Respect International Law.”
Alex Anfruns After a year that saw an unprecedented political crisis in the country, Nicaragua, the safest country in Central America, returned to calm. But some international players, including the United States, continue to stoking the flames by passing sanctions and calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government. Luis Almagro, the secretary of…
Initial Remarks by Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister at the Permanent Council of the OAS, January 11th 2019
OPENING REMARKS BY CHANCELLOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, AMBASSADOR DENIS MONCADA COLINDRES, BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OAS JANUARY 11th, 2019 1. Thank you, Mr. President, let me express my sincere congratulations in your assuming the Presidency of the Permanent Council of the OAS,…
Recognize Propaganda When You See this Film! : Review of “Las Sandinistas!”
Dr. Arnold Matlin This movie works for the first 75 minutes. It’s a solid documentary about the great role that women played in the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. Sadly, the remainder of the film is propaganda for the Nicaraguan rightwing movement called the MRS. The MRS did, indeed, begin as a group that was going…
Nicaragua and the Corruption, Cooptation of Human Rights
Stephen Sefton Since the demise of the Soviet Union, almost 30 years ago, abuse and debasement of human rights concerns have served increasingly to create pretexts promoting Western dominance around the world. From former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, to Iraq and Sudan, to Ivory Coast, Libya and Syria, to Myanmar and Ukraine, Western governments have used…
International Consortium of Independent Journalists Challenged for Exceptional Bias in Nicaragua Report
Nan McCurdy December 31st 2018 Last December 9th, Methodist missionary Nan NcCurdy challenged an exceptionally biased report on Nicaragua from the International Consortium of Independent Journalists. The address for responding to them is :- contact@icij.org. During the exchange, Nan McCurdy lists a series of damning videos demostrating the falsity of the ICIJ’s reporting on Nicaragua….
