Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition 9.2.2025: Daniel Ortega Warns of US War Threats; Economy is growing; 150,000 Homes built since 2007

Nicaraguan Co-President Daniel Ortega Speech at ALBA Summit These are the policies... of the Imperialist Powers which are arming the Israeli rulers, who are bent on destroying the Palestinian People, the People of Gaza. And they say it with great calm. But there are no major reactions in the world, no major reactions on the part of the so-called democratic countries, the European democratic powers, much less the US rulers who feed with armaments the strategy to dominate that entire region.

How is it possible that the whole of Latin America, a Territory of Peace, has not reacted unanimously and strongly, to the threat launched by the Neros in Washington, offering a reward of millions of dollars for the life of the Legitimate President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela? Of course, the Bolivarian People have reacted, of course, the Peoples of ALBA have reacted, the Peoples most committed to the defense of the Dignity and Sovereignty of our countries; but there has been no forceful response from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, there has not, and that is cowardice, that is submission, that is surrender. Because today they are acting against Venezuela but tomorrow they will try doing so with other Countries which today appear submissive to their policies, to the policies of imperialism.

So many attempts against Cuba, so many attempts against Venezuela, so many attempts against Nicaragua... But They Could Not Prevail, Nor Will They! And today more than ever, now that we are more aware each day of the enemy we face and when we have also learned to advance, in the midst of difficulties, in the midst of blockades, in the midst of sanctions, we have managed to advance, we have managed to improve the living conditions of our Peoples. And Cuba is the strongest, most steadfast Heroic Example that we have, so we have to give it all our Solidarity, all our support, so that we can overcome this moment of challenge.

Daniel Ortega Speech on the Anniversary of the Founding of the Army of Nicaragua This is an Army that really does have experience, it has an accumulation of Courage, of Conscience, of Strength, of not being afraid of Goliath. Here, this is a People that has not been afraid of Goliath, and when Goliath has wanted to crush us, instead we have faced them and defeated them.

Here too, although it may make others angry, we have a woman Co-President here, a Co-President who receives more attacks from them than the person speaking to you. They are angry that the Revolution, the Sandinista Front has a history of Women Combatants, Heroic Women, such that today, in order to achieve better integration and incorporation among Nicaraguan Families, Women are integrated in every field of life.

By defending Peace, we defend Employment, we defend Education, we defend Health, we defend the construction of Hospitals, the construction of Roads, we defend all that, and all that has been achieved.

Today there is the news, look what we [US government] are doing, we are managing to control drug trafficking. The President himself came out to report that they had managed to blow up a boat carrying drugs; a small boat was hit by a couple of rockets and blown into bits and 11 people who were traveling were killed. How do they prove that those people were drug traffickers and that they were carrying drugs for the United States? How do they prove it? In fact it is just a way of trying to show that they are tough, when have no power, no ability to control drug consumption in the United States.

[The US] should start at home, by putting order in the United States, that they should control land customs crossings and maritime customs crossings, that they should control the airports; they have sufficient means to carry out this control, they are going to make a fool of themselves by placing ships [in the Caribbean] threatening the Venezuelan people. They have more technology than anyone else, they have so many more policemen than anyone else. So then why do drugs enter the United States? Because there are big drug traffickers there who carry out that business and who have bought off the authorities. Let them start at home, bring order to the United States, control the land customs crossings and the maritime customs crossings, control their Ports and Airports.

A man like Chávez, generous, with so much help he gave us, that really is the greatest Solidarity we have received in a critical moment like that, and thanks to those generating Plants we are here today gathered underneath these great lights, otherwise there would be no lights, there would be blackouts. But Chávez, a very generous revolutionary, very Christian, did not hesitate to have those plants that were heading to Venezuela moved from Cuba to Nicaragua, because they were in transit in Cuba. These are really attitudes that are only found in Peoples and Governments with a mentality of Justice, and of helping without setting conditions, like Cuba.

It is these events I recall, because I insist that we cannot fail to mention, to remember, to pay tribute to those who have gone before us, and here today you have paid tribute to the Brothers and Sisters who gave their Lives in this whole Battle, who gave their Lives and did not ask for anything in return.

Prensa Latina: Nicaragua’s total exports grow 17% in second quarter 2025   This increase is mainly driven by merchandise, representing 62.3% of the total ($1.475 billion), with an increase of 29.6% over 2024, with the agricultural, mining and fishing sectors standing out. The free trade zones contributed $891.7 million (37.7%), with advances in textiles (+3.8%) fruits and vegetables (+36.2%), although products such as tobacco and manufactured fish fell back. From January to June 2025, exports totaled $4.441 billion, led by the agricultural sector with a 48.7% growth, benefited by the high prices of coffee and livestock.

Prensa Latina: By the end of 2025 Nicaragua will have built 150,000 homes since 2007 Nicaragua plans to close out 2025 with the improvement and construction of 150,000 homes, taking into account those built since 2007, announced Gabriela Palacios, co-director of the Urban and Rural Housing Institute (Invur). For 2025 the goal is completing 7,696 homes nationwide, of which 4,151 have already been done.

Government of Nicaragua statement: Nicaragua joins President Xi Jinping's Global Governance Initiative China’s President Xi Jinping, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus Meeting, proposed the “Global Governance Initiative (GGI)” as a fundamental guideline to safeguard the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, aimed at promoting the construction of a more just and rational system of global governance, working together for the community of a shared future for humanity. This Initiative is based on the Sovereign Equality of States, the International Rule of Law, Multilateralism, a People-centered approach and genuine actions aimed at strengthening cooperation, responding to the common challenges of humanity, reducing the North-South divide and better defending the common interests of all countries. A summary of the Global Governance Initiative here.

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