Articles on Nicaragua during 2019

Submitted bytortilla onMié, 22/01/2020 - 10:08

Thanks to Nan McCurdy and the Alliance for Global Justice for compiling this list of articles from 2019 on Nicaragua

 

The Slow Death of Investigative Journalism, John Perry, Two Worlds, 12/22/19

https://twoworlds.me/latin-america/the-slow-death-of-investigative-journalism/

 

NicaNotes: Sanctions Kill. Join AFGJ and Nicaraguan Farmers to Fight the Blockade of Venezuela

Chuck Kaufman, 12/18/19 https://afgj.org/sanctions-kill-join-afgj-and-nicaraguan-farmers-to-fight-the-blockade-of-venezuela

 

NicaNotes: Sandinista Party Keeps La Purísima More Alive Than Ever, Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy, 12/11/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-sandinista-party-keeps-la-purisima-more-alive-than-ever

 

NicaNotes: Food Sovereignty Takes a Leap Forward, David Archuleta, 12/4/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-food-sovereignty-takes-a-leap-forward

 

NicaNotes: Nicaragua in 2019 Would Make Anyone Proud, Nan McCurdy, 11/27/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaragua-in-2019-would-make-anyone-proud

http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/8192

 

Operation Condor2: After Bolivia Coup, Trump Dubs Nicaragua ‘national security threat’ and Targets Mexico, Ben Norton – The Grayzone, 11/27/19,
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/11/27/operation-condor-2-coup-trump-nicaragua-mexico/

 

NicaNotes: Nicaraguan Opposition Praises Bolivian Coup, Chuck Kaufman, 11/20/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguan-opposition-praises-bolivian-coup

 

NicaNotes: Bolivian Coup, Imperialist Inquisition, and Briefs, 11/13/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-bolivian-coup-imperialist-inquisition-and-briefs

 

NicaNotes: The Great Hypocrisy of Our Time, Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy, 11/6/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-the-great-hypocrisy-of-our-time

 

NicaNotes: ‘Human rights’ propaganda against Nicaragua out of Costa Rica, John Perry, 10/30/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-human-rights-propaganda-against-nicaragua-out-of-costa-rica

 

NicaNotes: Inside an Uprising “Made in the USA” Gabriela Luna, translated by Jill Clark-Gollub, 10/25/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-inside-an-uprising-made-in-the-usa

 

Differences between an Attempted Coup D’état and a Popular Civic Insurrection, Carlos Fonseca Teran, translated by Nan McCurdy, 10/16/19, https://afgj.org/differences-between-an-attempted-coup-detat-and-a-popular-civic-insurrection

 

NicaNotes: Nicaraguan President Considers Returning to the International Court of Justice, Nan McCurdy, 10/9/19, https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguan-president-considers-returning-to-the-international-court-of-justice

 

NicaNotes: Nicaragua’s Joys and Sorrow: the Coup that Failed, Kathryn Albrecht, 10/2/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguas-joys-and-sorrow-the-coup-that-failed

 

NicaNotes: What was the Catholic Church’s role in the coup? Conclusion, Coleen Littlejohn, 9//25/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-what-was-the-catholic-churchs-role-in-the-coup-conclusion

 

NicaNotes: What was the Catholic Church’s role in the coup? Coleen Littlejohn, 9/17/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-what-was-the-catholic-churchs-role-in-the-coup

 

NicaNotes: Green-smearing – from Nicaragua to Bolivia, Stephen Sefton, 9/11/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-green-smearing-from-nicaragua-to-bolivia

 

NicaNotes: The Sun Doesn’t Go Down ‘Even a Little Bit’, Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy, 9/4/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-the-sun-doesnt-go-down-even-a-little-bit

 

Max Blumenthal: Nicaragua beat US regime change, but sanctions and sabotage continue (video) Max Blumenthal, filmed on 7/19/19, published 9/3/19,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-7cE5A78E

 

NicaNotes: Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution is still thriving, after 40 years, Max Blumenthal, 8/28/19,
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguas-sandinista-revolution-is-still-thriving-after-40-years,

 

Nicaragua – The Deep Neocolonial Lie, Stephen Sefton, 8/26/19
http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/7192?fbclid=IwAR3WgJjJXksM6H2tQOAsl9KruYhYoR3J3VVnkV0ceCFnO1Hl82pa421gQoU

 

NicaNotes: The rise and fall of Nicaragua’s ‘human rights’ organizations, John Perry, 8/21/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-the-rise-and-fall-of-nicaraguas-human-rights-organizations

 

We must develop a multipolar world': Interview with Nicaraguan President Ortega and VP Murillo (video), Max Blumenthal. Video made 7/23/19, published 8/17/19,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7BQ96XokLM

 

Nicaragua Does Not Renounce the Grand Canal, Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy, 8/15/19
http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/7136

 

NicaNotes: A year after Nicaragua’s coup, the media’s regime change deceptions are still unravelling, John Perry, 8/14/19,
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-a-year-after-nicaraguas-coup-the-medias-regime-change-deceptions-are-still-unravelling

 

NicaNotes: Nicaraguan ‘human rights’ director accused by staff of massive theft of US taxpayer money, death toll inflation, Nan McCurdy, 8/7/19, Reprinted from the Grayzone.
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguan-human-rights-director-accused-by-staff-of-massive-theft-of-us-taxpayer-money-death-toll-inflation, https://thegrayzone.com/author/nan-mccurdy/

 

NicaNotes: BOOK REVIEW: Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup? A Reader, Roger Stoll, 7/31/19

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-book-review-live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup-a-reader

 

Nicaraguan ‘human rights’ director accused by staff of massive theft of US taxpayer money, death toll inflation, Nan McCurdy, The Grayzone, 7/30/19
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/07/30/nicaraguan-human-rights-director-accused-by-staff-of-massive-theft-of-us-taxpayer-money-death-toll-inflation/

 

State Jobs Don’t Resolve Everything by Jorge Capelan, 7/29/19
http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/7023
In Spanish:

https://managuaconamor.blogspot.com/2019/07/con-trabajos-en-el-estado-no-se.html

 

Nicanotes: A Gringo in the Plaza: 40 Years of Sandinista Struggle, David Archuleta, Jr, 7/24/19,
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-a-gringo-in-the-plaza-40-years-of-sandinista-struggle

 

Nicaragua Celebrates Fortieth Anniversary of Revolution Against Somoza, Nan McCurdy, 7/20/19 Popular Resistance, https://popularresistance.org/nicaragua-celebrates-40th-anniversary-of-revolution-against-samoza/

 

NicaNotes: Happy Anniversary of the Day of Happiness, Nan McCurdy, 7/19/19.
https://afgj.org/happy-anniversary-of-the-day-of-happiness

 

A Year after Nicaragua Coup Attempt, the Media’s Regime-Change Deceptions are Still Unraveling, John Perry, the Grayzone, 7/15/19 https://thegrayzone.com/2019/07/15/a-year-after-nicaraguas-coup-the-medias-regime-change-deceptions-are-still-unraveling/

 

Revolutions are Made by the People, by Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy, 7/11/19

http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/6851

 

The Strategic Retreat from Managua to Masaya, Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy, 7/10/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-the-strategic-retreat-from-managua-to-masaya, http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/6828

 

Incredible Demonstration of Sandinista Strength: Strategic Retreat 2019

By Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy, 7/7/19
http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/6829

 

NicaNotes: While Weakening OAS Institutionality, US and Right-Wing Opposition Fail to Achieve Objectives, Chuck Kaufman, translation of original source material – Nan McCurdy, 7/3/19,
https://afgj.org/while-weakening-oas-institutionality-us-and-right-wing-opposition-fails-to-achieve-objectives

 

NicaNotes: Live from Nicaragua – Our Continued Serialization, Brian Willson, 6/26/19. Find most recent PDF of Live from Nicaragua here:

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-live-from-nicaragua-our-continued-serialization

 

CNN Doesn’t Tell the Story: Nicaragua Frees Prisoners, Builds Hospitals and Connects the Nation

By Jorge Capelan, translated by Nan McCurdy 6/20/19 http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/6725

 

NicaNotes: Remembering the Triumph over Somoza and Last Year’s Failed Coup, 6/19/19, Updated Version of the Reader: Nicaragua 2018: Uprising or Coup?
http://www.tortillaconsal.com/live_from_nicaragua_june_2019.pdf

 

Peace Prevails in Nicaragua by Jorge Capelan, Translated by Nan McCurdy, 6/18/19

http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/6715

 

Nicaragua’s amnesty for crimes committed in last year’s violence fails to satisfy an implacable opposition, John Perry, 6/13/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-forgiveness-a-revolutionary-trait or https://twoworlds.me/latin-america/nicaraguas-amnesty-for-crimes-committed-in-last-years-violence-fails-to-satisfy-an-implacable-opposition/

 

Misreporting of Nicaragua, John Perry, 6/5/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-unreported-world-and-the-misreporting-of-nicaragua

 

NicaNotes: Nicaragua Government Makes Headway for Peace with no Help From the Opposition, Nan McCurdy, 5/29/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguan-government-makes-headway-for-peace-with-no-help-from-the-opposition

 

NicaNotes: US Imperialism and Nicaragua: They Would Not Let Our Flower Blossom, Nils McCune and S Brian Wilson, 5/22/19
second part:
https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/AOweBohXOzcNXOWrqgfT6Mmg7pM?.intl=e1&.lang=es-US&.partner=none&.src=fp first part, 5/15/19: https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/AHxJxJBfCm59XNx_bQtiENeys8Y?.intl=e1&.lang=es-US&.partner=none&.src=fp

 

Here’s Why the US has No Right to Interfere in Nicaragua by John Perry 5/9/19
https://popularresistance.org/heres-why-the-us-has-no-right-to-interfere-in-nicaragua/

 

NicaNotes: Doris Tijerino and Gladys Báez — “receiving together a recognition that honors and moves us” 5/8/19
https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/AMPQRHdVfPW1XNMUaAgKmEmQRjo?.intl=e1&.lang=es-US&.partner=none&.src=fp

 

¿55 mil nicaragüenses huyeron hacia Costa Rica?, Jorge Capelan, 5/3/19
https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:89782-55-mil-nicaraguenses-huyeron-hacia-costa-rica

 

Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup, Introduction by Chuck Kaufman, afgj.org, 5/1/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup

 

Updated links to Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup?: we have new links to updated versions of our book. Please use these and share them with your friends.

In English

Version in PDF
https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.161/jwp.e46.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/live_from_nicaragua_june_2019.pdf

Version .epub
https://afgj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/live_from_nicaragua_june_2019-1.epub

Version for Kindle
https://afgj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/live_from_nicaragua_june_2019-1.mobi

En Espanol:

Version for Kindle

https://afgj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nicaragua_2018_levantamiento_popular_o_golpe_de_estado.mobi

Version in PDF

https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.161/jwp.e46.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nicaragua_2018_levantamiento_popular_o_golpe_de_estado.pdf

Version for .epub

https://afgj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nicaragua_2018_levantamiento_popular_o_golpe_de_estado.epub

 

Alternative Links:

http://www.tortillaconsal.com/live_from_nicaragua_june_2019.pdf

http://www.tortillaconsal.com/live_from_nicaragua_june_2019.epub

http://www.tortillaconsal.com/live_from_nicaragua_june_2019.mobi

 

Refuting False Propaganda on Bishop Silvio Baez, letter from Nan McCurdy to Vatican Insider, 5/1/19
http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/6247

 

NicaNotes: Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup, Prologue by Gabriela Luna, 4/29/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup

 

NicaNotes: Ten Reasons to Join Us in Nicaragua in July, Erika Takeo, 4/24/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-10-reasons-to-join-us-in-nicaragua-in-july

 

NicaNotes: Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup, 4/20/19
https://popularresistance.org/nicanotes-live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup/

 

Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup, 4/18/19 on Internationalist 360 and Axisoflogic

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_84167.shtml

https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/04/18/live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup/

 

NicaNotes: Nicaraguan President Addresses the Summit of Caribbean States on Climate Change, 4/10/19,
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguan-president-addresses-the-summit-of-caribbean-states-on-climate-change

 

National Endowment for Destabilization? CIA Funds for Latin America in 2018, 4/4/19,
https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/National-Endowment-for-Destabilization-CIA-Funds-for-Latin-America-in-2018-20190403-0042.html

 

NicaNotes: They don’t want to learn because they have too much hatred, Ramon Matus, translated by Nan McCurdy, radiolaprimerisima.com, 4/3/19,
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-they-dont-want-to-learn-because-they-have-too-much-hatred

 

NicaNotes: Briefs, Delegations, and Webinars! Chuck Kaufman, 3/27/19, (about the dialogue),
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-briefs-delegations-and-webinars

 

No to Trump’s Sanctions on Nicaragua, Ken Livingstone, 3/25/19
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/no-trumps-sanctions-nicaragua

 

Nicaragua: Failed Opposition Rally Still Used for Propaganda, Chuck Kaufman AFGJ.org, 3/22/19
https://popularresistance.org/nicaragua-failed-opposition-rally-still-used-for-propaganda/

 

NicaNotes: Zoilamérica And the Legitimate Demands Of Nicaraguan Women, Jill Clark, 3/13/19,
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-zoilamerica-and-the-legitimate-demands-of-nicaraguan-women

 

Torture and Nicaragua’s Fascist Opposition, 3/9/19, These eleven videos are a reminder of how Nicaragua's fascist opposition made systematic use of torture to terrorize people in Nicaragua during their failed coup attempt between April and July 2018. Whereas SOS Nicaragua and other supporters of Nicaragua's right wing have to fabricate material falsely accusing the Nicaraguan authorities of torture, the material in all these videos is from the Nicaraguan opposition's own social media posted during the period of the 2018 failed coup attempt. http://www.tortillaconsal.com/tortilla/node/5889

 

NicaNotes: Carlos Fernando Chamorro and Confidencial, Louise Richards, 3/6/19,

https://afgj.org/nicanotes-carlos-fernando-chamorro-and-confidencial

 

Dismissing the Truth Debunks Amnesty International’s Misleading Reports, 2/27/19, As PDF
https://afgj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Dismissing-the-Truth-with-links.pdf https://afgj.org/nicanotes-dismissing-the-truth-debunks-amnesty-internationals-misleading-reports?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=270c12cc-75d6-432c-a3eb-ecc66f4096a6

Blistering New Report Skewers Amnesty International Over its Claims about Nicaragua by Joe Emersberger 2/26/19
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/02/26/blistering-new-report-skewers-amnesty-international-over-its-claims-about-nicaragua/

 

Solidarity Group Slams Amnesty for ‘Highly Biased’ Coverage of Nicaragua, by Morning Star Staff, 2/26/19 h
ttps://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/solidarity-group-slams-amnesty-%E2%80%98highly-biased%E2%80%99-coverage-nicaragua

 

Report on Number of Dead in Coup Attempt by the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission, Feb. 2019,
https://www.cvjp.org.ni/

 

Amnesty Turns Truth on its Head in Nicaragua, Louise Richards, 2/26/19
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/amnesty-turns-truth-its-head-nicaragua

 

NicaNotes: Fresh Eyes on Nicaragua: A Renewed Sense of Internationalism, David Archuleta, 2/20/19
https://afgj.org/fresh-eyes-on-nicaragua-a-renewed-sense-of-internationalism

 

NicaNotes: Learning the Lessons of Empire and Solidarity: No Contras in Venezuela! Josh Bergeron, 2/13/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-learning-the-lessons-of-empire-and-solidarity-no-contras-in-venezuela

 

NicaNotes: Street Sellers, Trade Unionists, Contributors to Nicaragua’s Wealth! Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, UK, 2/6/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-street-sellerstrade-unionistscontributors-to-nicaraguas-wealth

 

NicaNotes: Nicaraguan Government Works to Maintain Economic Stability, Nan McCurdy, 1/30/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-nicaraguan-government-works-to-maintain-economic-stability

 

Life under the dictatorship vs. Life under Sandinismo, Emerita Vega, translated by Susan Lagos, 1/23/19
https://afgj.org/life-under-the-dictatorship-vs-life-under-sandinismo

 

Another Defeat for Imperialist Feminism in Nicaragua by Nora McCurdy and Stephen Sefton 1/22/19

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Another-Defeat-for-Imperialist-Feminism-in-Nicaragua-20190122-0021.html?fbclid=IwAR2-zljvaV9cIM7KtH1dmH4X2s8vT9GjkzNYrVLfPW7YsQg4fj1RGmlET3k

 

NicaNotes: Exclusive interview with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister, Alex Anfruns, 1/15/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-exclusive-interview-with-nicaraguan-foreign-minister

 

NicaNotes: Luis Almagro calls for foreign intervention in Nicaragua (again), Wales-Nicaragua, a Sister City Organization, 1/8/19
https://afgj.org/nicanotes-luis-almagro-calls-for-foreign-intervention-in-nicaragua-again

 

Human Rights have Been Co-opted to Serve Regime Change in Nicaragua and Other Countries by Stephen Sefton 1/5/19 https://popularresistance.org/human-rights-has-been-co-opted-to-serve-regime-change-in-nicaragua-and-other-countries/