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Nicaragua: Example to the World of How to Defend Sovereignty and Independence
(Photo Credit: Lapaz Telesur) On June 27, 1986, the World Court condemned the United States for illegal war and aggression against Nicaragua and ordered the US to compensate Nicaragua for damages estimated to run to US$17 billion dollars, what today would be more than US$55 billion. On June 27 of this year, President Daniel Ortega […]
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David vs Goliath: Nicaragua vs USA
Many nations in the Americas have suffered from US promoted coups, dictatorships, sanctions and outright invasions. Nicaragua may take the cake for being the most victimized. Dan Kovalik has written a book which reviews the history of intervention and resistance up to the present day. Kovalik includes his own experiences from several decades visiting Nicaragua. […]
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Nicaragua Celebrates its Revolution While the US Plans New Sanctions Against It
“We are fighting against the Yankee enemy of humanity,” explained Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, setting the tone of the 44th anniversary celebration of their revolution. Later, her husband Daniel Ortega, the country’s president, elaborated in his hour and a half address: “When we use the term Yankee we mean those who have a racist, […]
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Confessions of a CIA Terrorist
In 1975, Philip Agee published his book Inside the Company: CIA Diary. In the introduction he wrote, When I joined the CIA, I believed in the need for its existence. After twelve years with the agency I finally understood how much suffering it was causing, that millions of people all over the world had been […]
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Three Women Discover the Americas’ Best Kept Secret: Nicaragua!
The Alliance for Global Justice sent out an invitation to apply for “Women In Nicaragua: Power & Protagonism” Jan. 7-16, 2023. How did this nation close the gender gap by 80% in just 15 years? Three women who had met in the Green Party decided to find out. We were accepted as delegates on the […]
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The True Test of a Civilisation Is the Absence of Anxiety About Health
Children play in the Rostock housing development, which, like all housing developments in the DDR, was required to include large open spaces for children. Credit: Jürgen Sindermann,Wikimedia Commons / German Federal Archive. A few years ago, a minor medical problem took me to the Hospital Alemán-Nicaragüense in Nicaragua’s capital, Managua. While I was being treated, I […]
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