May 2, 2023: Recent articles on Nicaragua
1. A Timeline of Events in Nicaragua, April-July 2018
Produced by the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
This timeline of events in Nicaragua from April to July 2018 uses information readily available online to provide a snapshot of the period in which the United States’ failed attempt to overthrow Nicaragua's government took place. Each item is a brief summary, not an exhaustive account of every incident during that time.
Please share widely. You can also use the events on different dates to publish on your social media as a way to raise people’s consciousness about what really happened.
Book Review: Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance - Book by Daniel Kovalik,
Review of this new book by Jill Clark-Gollub and John Perry, COHA, April 29, 2023
2. Video and Follow-up materials to the April 23rd Webinar: Terps Abroad!
U. Maryland Students Explore Agroecology in Nicaragua, a Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition Webinar Here is the webinar video:
For more information about the University of Maryland study abroad course in Sustainable Agriculture and Environment in Nicaragua and articles by students, see the website for the course: https://terpsnica.org/
To read the recent news briefs presented by Nan McCurdy:
http://nicasolidarity.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NicaNewsBriefs-4.23.23.pdf.
To watch the news briefs being presented go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_WjqLWSRE&ab_channel=NicaraguaSolidarityCoalition
Please mark your calendars for the next two webinars in the series.
“The View from the Ground: What We Experienced in Nicaragua in 2018” with Becca Renk, Nils McCune, Coleen Littlejohn, and John Perry who all lived through the 2018 coup attempt. They will describe their experiences and how that has affected their lives. May 28, 2018
Then on June 25 the webinar is entitled “ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World and how the US tried to Destroy it.”
It will feature speakers from several countries in the agreement.
Both webinars are on Sundays at 3pm ET, 1pm Central and Nicaragua, noon Pacific and 8 pm in the UK.
3. Next Monthly Meeting of the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
To be held on Zoom on Monday, May 8, at 11:30 am Eastern time. Here is the Zoom link (password is required): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85285706593
Passcode: 383772
Meeting ID: 852 8570 6593
Dial by your location
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k8YeSuHWm
4. Upcoming Delegations to Nicaragua
June 19-26 delegation: Voltage and Volcano Brigade Casa Ben Linder Visit a geothermal plant, solar installation, biogas, and electrical grid and recharging station projects. Peer into the second-most dangerous volcano in the world. Zip line among the trees of a dormant giant volcano.
June 17-27 Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast Delegation with Friends of the ATC will visit afro-descendant and indigenous communities that are important groups in the Caribbean Coast autonomy process and Nicaraguan culture, and witness examples of concrete gains in quality of life in education, healthcare and women’s rights.
Internship with Friends of the ATC, July 3 – July 29 “Agroecology & Revolution”
5. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition: nicasolidarity.net