Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition 7.22.2025: Speeches and Video of July 19 Celebration; Upcoming events this week
Speeches and video of July 19 Celebration of the 46th Anniversary of the Revolution By Co-President Rosario Murillo, Nicaraguan hero Brian Willson, Anna Kuznetsova, Deputy Head of Russia’s State Duma, Ma Hui, Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Co-President Daniel Ortega. TeleSur reports hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the Plaza de la Fe in Managua to commemorate the anniversary of the revolutionary process that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship,
International Leaders Congratulate Nicaragua on 46th Anniversary of Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Bolivian President Luiis Arce, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) Rander Peña, and others.
Upcoming Events this week:
Thursday, July 24, 8pm ET: Canadian Network on Cuba/National Network on Cuba joint webinar to celebrate Moncada Day! (The anniversary of the July 26, 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks). His Excellency Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuban Ambassador to Canada; Deborah Berman Santana, Cuba Solidarity Committee-Puerto Rico and Brigadista of the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade; Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, Cuba's Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations; Fernando Gonzalez Llort, President of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP);David Abdulah, Leader of the Movement for Social in Trinidad and Tobago, trade unionist, and economist.
July 26: Hands off Uhuru webinar: Special fundraiser for the Uhuru 3 appeal on the three year-anniversary of the brutal FBI raids. The Hands off Uhuru movement led an exemplary campaign against a government frame-up. It was a victory for all of us.
July 27, 3 pm ET: Webinar: Revolutionizing Tourism: Nicaragua’s Model, Its Benefit to Communities and Travelers Hear about the development of family- and community-based tourism in Nicaragua, and how it contrasts with other travel of today and of past decades. Becca Renk will lead a discussion with recent delegation members Ken Yale, Geraldine Cawthorne, Larry Fisk, and Gayle Nielsen.
July 29 webinar: ‘How Venezuela Moved a Mountain’ by Thierry Deronne Film Screening and Discussion with the Director “How Venezuela Moved a Mountain” is a documentary film that vividly describes the current situations in Venezuela and the concept of the commune. The film follows Venezuelan activists and their comrades—including fishermen and farmers cultivating coffee, sugarcane, and cocoa—as they strive to realize Hugo Chávez’s vision of communism, working alongside Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement from the Andes to the central coastal regions and areas such as Miranda, Lara, and Cumanacoa. The film also highlights the crucial role of women as key drivers of the struggle.
August 24, 3 pm ET: Nicaragua Webinar. Mark your calendars during this hurricane season to learn about SINAPRED, Nicaragua’s National System for Prevention, Mitigation and Attention to Disasters, and how it contrasts with the US system.
September 21, 3 pm ET: Nicaragua Webinar on Nicaragua’s and Venezuela’s remarkable affordable housing programs, with Sofia M. Clark and a speaker from Venezuela’s Gran Misión Vivienda (TBA).
Nicaragua Delegations
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