Nica Coalition 10.15.2026: Sandinista History 1961-2020; US Seizes Oil for Cuba; US corporate media whitewashes coup plotter; Becca Renk - 25 Years; Events
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Compendium of the Sandinista Popular Revolution (1961-2020) This document was published in 2025 for a course through the Universidad en Línea for FSLN members and other interested people. Not only is it an excellent short history of the Nicaraguan people’s struggle, but the information on the living conditions of the people under the Somoza dictatorship and again during the neoliberal period (1990-2006), and how this dramatically improved once the Sandinistas were in power and then re-elected, is remarkable.
Becca Renk Foster, John Perry: US corporate media portrays violent Nicaraguan coup plotter as ‘political prisoner’ On October 1, 2026, Jeffrey Isaac Jarquin, a 35-year-old Nicaraguan man, was deported from the US by ICE and, on arrival in Managua, was immediately sent to prison by Nicaraguan authorities. Reports described him as a “torture victim,” a “political prisoner,” and a “prominent figure in the anti-government protests” that occurred in Nicaragua in 2018. His story was covered by the Washington Post, CNN, ABC News, The LA Times and other outlets. It featured on Democracy Now and he received support from the former head of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth. Not one of the reports, however, investigated Jarquin’s role in those “protests” nor recorded that in November 2018, he was found guilty of various acts of terrorism in Nicaragua and sentenced to more than 16 years in prison.
Video presentation by Becca Renk: Reflections on 25 Years in Resilient and Sovereign Nicaragua
Resumen Latinoamericano: US Seizes Cuba-bound Fuel as Southern Command Resumes Murdering Boat Crews in the Caribbean US federal agents announced they had seized 90 shipments of biodiesel bound for Cuba at Port Everglades, Florida, and the Port of Houston, Texas. It was the second seizure of fuel headed for the island announced in a week. The roughly 620,000 gallons, valued at $2.8 million, were destined for ENETEC, a state-owned wholesaler in Havana. Five days earlier, the Coast Guard boarded a Comoros-flagged freighter with guns drawn on September 5, in international waters between Mexico and Cuba. Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío called the seizures “piracy,” writing that it is “illegal, immoral and criminal to subject an entire people to economic asphyxiation as collective punishment for political ends.”
On October 4, US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) blew up another small boat in the Caribbean, killing four people. It offered no evidence beyond the assertion that “confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narcotrafficking.” The attack brings the death toll of the campaign launched in September 2025 to at least 235 in 70 strikes.
Granma: Cuba does not surrender, Cuba is not for sale, and Cuba does not forget Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba, described the gathering held on the morning of October 6 at the José Martí Memorial in Revolution Square as an act of remembrance, but also of resistance. The event paid tribute to the victims of the Barbados bombing—a terrorist act that claimed the lives of 73 innocent people.
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Upcoming Events
Upcoming #NoWarOnCuba Events around the country to demand an end to the war on Cuba
October 17: No Kings Day gives us the chance to bring signs and banners against US attempts to overthrow Latin American governments which are standing up to the Monroe Doctrine.
October 18-31: Witness for Peace sponsors a US speaking tour of a Cuban from the Martin Luther King Center Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, Raleigh and Durham
October 20: Stop the War on the Iran rallies at Congressional offices nationwide. Complete listing here.
October 24: Peace and social progress in Nicaragua: standing firm against US threats With Francisco Dominguez of the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group Executive Committee and National Secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign in the UK; Stephen Sefton coordinates the Tortilla con Sal media web site and currently works on community education and health programs in Estelí; John Perry is a Nicaragua-based journalist who is an active member of the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition.
October 25: Nicaragua's Democracy: Closing the Door on Electoral Coups with John Perry, Stephen Sefton, Francisco Dominguez. In July, Nicaragua's National Assembly began working on reforms to the constitution to ensure there can be no foreign interference in the country's elections. Since then, the reforms have passed an initial vote and there are now public consultations happening across the country showing popular support for the measures. Our panelists will explain the reforms and put them in the context of widespread election interference by the U.S. in Latin America to put right-wing candidates in office over the past 18 months.
November 10-12, Wash DC: Taxpayer Uprising to say "No more money for war!" A taxpayer uprising is coming to Washington, DC, and we need you to be part of it! Join the CODEPINK contingent for three days of nonviolent action as we take a stand and demand: NO MORE of our Money to Wars and Militarism! End the catastrophic war in Iran—and ALL wars. We want to live in peace. End US complicity in Israeli crimes. No more money for Israel. No integration of the US and Israeli militaries. Slash the gargantuan military budget—over $1 trillion—and instead invest in Medicare For All, affordable housing, green energy and a sustainable future.
2027 Casa Ben Linder Nicaragua Tours
Feb 13-19 Bird Brigade – birding in Solentiname and Rio San Juan
March 6-14 Power and Protagonism: Women in Nicaragua – meet with women in leadership roles – cooperatives, labor unions, peasant feminists, and artisans to explore gender equity in Nicaragua
April 22-30 Light and Legacy: Ben Linder Brigade – Commemorate 40 years since the assassination of U.S. solidarity worker Ben Linder by U.S.-funded contra forces
May 21-June 1 Mayo Ya – Cultural tour to the Southern Autonomous Region of the Caribbean Coast, which is the heart of Nicaragua’s Indigenous and Afrodescendant communities.
Delegations to Cuba:
Witness for Peace 2026-27 delegations to Cuba
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