Nicaragua, Can We Handle The Truth?
LISTEN Via Veterans for Peace Radio Hour—Can someone give me the truth about Nicaragua? Becca Renk, humanitarian, activist, citizen of Nicaragua, and resident of Nicaragua shares the truth. Is Daniel Ortega a dictator, like our news says? Did he eliminate elections, like our news says? Did he change their constitution to solidify his power, like our news says? Did he crack down on peaceful protestors, like our news says? Is his wife a co-dictator, like our news says? Are the people oppressed, like our news says? Becca will share the truth from Nicaragua. Special guest appearance by Veterans for Peace Board member Gerry Condon.
Nicaragua to raise its voice for Palestine in another landmark ICJ case
BECCA RENK VIA BLACK AGENDA REPORT - Against the backdrop of Israel’s renewed attacks on Palestine, the World Court is set to hold public hearings in September on Nicaragua’s legal proceedings against Germany for aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza by providing weapons to Israel. During its arguments, Nicaragua will certainly avail itself of its experience taking the most powerful nation in the world to the International Court of Justice…and winning.
Nicaragua banned US-sponsored coup leaders from elections, sparking corporate media meltdown
In his national address on July 19, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stated that when the country’s next elections take place in 2027, none who promoted a violent anti-government insurrection in 2018 will be allowed to stand for office. The pledge was universally interpreted by Western media outlets as a total ban on voting, prompting hysterical interventions from the US State Dept and throughout South Florida.
The U.S. State Department Attempts to Rain on Nicaragua’s Parade Again
In the wind-up to July 19th festivities celebrating the overthrow of its U.S.-installed puppet dictator Anastasio Somoza, the U.S. State Department issued a dire warning to travelers. Only Washington could twist the concept of a national celebration of freedom into a “demonstration.”
Did Daniel Ortega Really Abolish Elections in Nicaragua?
How Western media stripped the Nicaraguan president’s remarks of context—and handed Washington a new pretext for aggression.
‘They will never see another election:’ Nicaragua defends its democracy against foreign meddling
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story
Meddling through mistranslation: U.S. interferes in Nicaragua’s elections
Using deliberate distortion of a speech by co-president Daniel Ortega, the U.S. has kicked off a campaign to meddle in Nicaragua’s elections by erroneously announcing that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections.
Nicaragua’s authentic democracy defends the will of the People
Nicaragua is one of the only countries forthrightly defending its sovereignty and self-determination and is again coming under the attack of Washington and the news media it controls.
NicaNotes: Rooting for the Underdogs: Nicaragua’s Revolution Pulled Off the Upset of the Century
In 1979, against all odds, Sandinista guerillas pulled off the upset of the century when they overthrew the cruel Somoza dictatorship. Today, Nicaragua is still in the tournament, one up on the score board and the stands are awash with red and black Sandinista flags.