Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group, September 6th 2021
https://www.nscag.org/news/article/369/nscag-september-update
NSCAG UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2021
FORTHCOMING WEBINARS
Alliance for Global Justice Webinar, 12 September – ‘Nicaragua Advances Despite Attacks from Left and Right’ – details and registration here
Joint NSCAG/NSC webinar, 23 September – What difference has 14 years of Sandinista government made? – details and registration here
WEBINAR RECORDINGS
1) Webinar hosted by Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America on 18 August – ‘Latin America’s Struggle: Opposing US Intervention, Neoliberalism and the Far-Right’ with speakers on Ecuador,
Bolivia, Peru, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. A recording of the webinar can be found here
2) Webinar hosted by Alliance for Global Justice on 22 August – ‘What’s at stake in Nicaragua’s 2021 elections’ – with Sofia Clark who addressed such questions as: How is the Supreme Electoral Council working to assure elections are free and fair? What will be the electoral effects, if any, of U.S. policies and practices? Are the media accurate in their portrayal of the elections? Is the FSLN
trying to eliminate other candidates, as it is accused of doing? A recording of the webinar can be found here
3) Webinar hosted by Féile an Phobail, 6 August – ‘Viva la Revolución! Anti-Imperialist struggle in the Americas’ with Hugo Ramos (Cuban Ambassador), Guisell Morales (Nicaraguan Ambassador),
Rocio Maniero (Venezuelan Ambassador) and Sacha Llorenti, Executive Secretary of Alba. See link to the recording here . An article linked to the webinar can be found here
4) Webinar hosted by Code Pink, 2 September – ‘Hybrid War, Sanctions & US regime change in Nicaragua’ – a recording of the webinar can be found here
ARTICLES FROM THE NICARAGUAN COMMUNITY
An open letter from Ana Narvaez, Director of Compas de Nicaragua, see link here
La Dalia - Women in a housing cooperative build their own homes – article by Winnie Narváez Herrera, see link here
Falling in love with your community – article by Massiel Luna Delgado, see link here
Revolutionary renewal after the siege of 2018 – article by Patricia Ruíz, see link here.
ARTICLES ON THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN NICARAGUA
The following articles also give a true picture of what’s actually happening in Nicaragua as opposed to what’s being said by corporate media such as the Guardian and the BBC:-
Nicaragua: the right to live in peace – article by Francisco Dominguez, see link here
Ordinary Nicaraguans should guide Progressive Left’s Stance – article by John Perry, see link here
Nicaragua launches plan to fight poverty and promote human development – transcript of interview with Ivan Acosta, Nicaraguan minister of housing and public credit, see link here
2/3rds of Nicaraguans support leftist Sandinista Front: poll debunks ‘dictatorship’ lie – article by Ben Norton, see link here
History tells us that the United States’ supposed ‘concern for democracy’ in Nicaragua is nothing of the sort – article by Dan Kovalik, see link here
Nicaragua at a Revolutionary Crossroads and in Imperialist Crosshairs – article by Netfa Freeman, see link here
A statement from the International delegation to Nicaragua in July can be found here
The media’s lies and lies by omission about migration out of Nicaragua – article by Peter Bolton, see link here
Sanctions may impoverish Nicaraguans, but likely will not change their vote – article by John Perry, see link here
Latin American socialism and the fight against COVID-19: Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua – article by Sasha Gillies-Lekakis, see link here
Hands off Nicaragua – article by Dr Arnold Matlin – see link here
Nicaragua – Tom Phillips’ (Guardian reporter) dog day untruths- article by Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal – see link here
FROM THE NSCAG WEBSITE
In case you missed them, here are some recent posts from the NSCAG website:-
https://www.nscag.org/news/article/364/an-open-letter-to-the-international-community
https://www.nscag.org/news/article/365/visit-to-a-popular-market-yorlis-luna-speaks-about-the-realities-of-nicaragua-to
Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group, www.nscag.org