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Nicaragua: Building the Good Life (Buen Vivir) Through Popular Revolution

April 4, 2021 Margaret Flowers ATC, buen vivir, FSLN, IALA, La Via Campesina, Latin American Institute of Agroecology, Margaret Flowers, Nicaragua, popular resistance, Rural Workers Association, sanctions kill

As I traveled in Nicaragua on the recent Sanctions Kill delegation, one thing was clear, social transformation (revolution) requires both

Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

Biden Admin Smears Nicaragua as “Dictatorship” for Forcing US-Funded, Coup-Plotting NGOs to Register as Foreign Agents

February 13, 2021 Ben Norton Biden administration, Chamorro, CIA, Cristiana Chamorro, Daniel Ortega, FARA, Foreign Agent, FSLN, Jovenel Moise, La Prensa, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Nicaragua, Sandinistas, State Departament, USAID, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Fundation

By Ben Norton – Feb 11, 2021 Nicaragua’s elected leftist government passed a law requiring NGOs funded by outside governments

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Media Fuels Economic War on Nicaragua With False “Conflict Beef” Story

December 15, 2020 John Perry agriculture, food, FSLN, Nicaragua, PBS, Sandinistas, US

By John Perry – Dec 10, 2020 Liberal media outlets are aiding a US economic war on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government,

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Nicaragua: Sandinismo Moved Almost 700,000 People Out of Illiteracy

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 orinocotribune CNA, FSLN, illiteracy, Nicaragua, Omar Cortedano, Sandinismo, socialism

By Jaime Mejía – Aug 17, 2020 Almost 700,000 Nicaraguans have become literate in the last ten years, as part

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Document Exposes new US Plot to Overthrow Nicaragua’s Elected Socialist gov’t

August 4, 2020August 5, 2020 Ben Norton Daniel Ortega, FSLN, Latin America, Neoliberalism, Nicaragua, Sandinistas, US, US Imperialism, USAID

A disturbing new document outlines plans for a US regime-change scheme against Nicaragua’s elected leftist government, overseen by USAID, to

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“The Pandemic Shows Neoliberalism Doesn’t Work”: Interview With Sandinista Leader on 41st Anniversary of Nicaragua’s Revolution

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 orinocotribune anniversary, Carlos Fonseca Teran, COVID-19, FSLN, Imperialism, Neoliberalism, Nicaragua, Sandinismo, Sandinista Revolution

On the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, the FSLN international relations secretary and son of the founder, Carlos Fonseca

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An Inside Look at Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution on its 41st Anniversary

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Ben Norton anniversary, coronavirus, COVID-19, Daniel Ortega, FSLN, Imperialism, Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, Sandinista Revolution, us military

The Grayzone reports from inside Nicaragua’s capital on the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, covering a speech by President

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

It is Not Just Venezuela. Nicaragua is Also an Objective of Imperialism

February 19, 2020 orinocotribune Daniel Ortega, FSLN, Nicaragua, regime change, Sandinismo, US Imperialism

When the U.S. recently supported violence in the streets of Nicaragua, it was attempting a Gene Sharp style coup: a

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

NACLA’s Shameless Apology of US Imperialism in Nicaragua

February 19, 2020 orinocotribune Daniel Ortega, FSLN, NACLA, Nicaragua, regime change, Sandinismo, US Imperialism

By Camilo Mejia – February 17, 2020 In line with previous coverage of the 2018 crisis, NACLA’s latest article, The

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Nicaragua: Inside an Uprising Made in the USA

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 eferrari10 Catholic Church, coup, FSLN, NED, Nicaragua, Sandinistas, UNEN

By Gabriela Luna This is an edited excerpt from The Other Nicaragua, Empire and Resistance, published October 2nd, 2019, by

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

Nicaragua and the Neocolonial Super-revolutionaries

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 orinocotribune Daniel Ortega, Felix Madariaga, FSLN, Henry RUiz, Monica Baltodano, Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, US Imperialism

Ever since a social democrat faction split from the FSLN in 1994, many Western progressives and radicals have persistently attacked

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

The Other Nicaragua, Empire and Resistance

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 orinocotribune ANPDH, CPDH, FSLN, Hagamos Democracy, Human rights for regime change, IEEPP, MSM, NED, NGO for Imperialism and Regime Change, Nicaragua, Sandinismo, Somoza, US Imperialism

By Yorlis Gabriela Luna ABSTRACT: Polarized opinions yield opposite views of the political conflict that occurred from April to July

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Nicaragua Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution

July 22, 2019July 24, 2019 eferrari10 Anastasio Somoza, FSLN, Nicaragua

By Nan McCurdy Today, July 17 is the 40th anniversary of the Day of Happiness when the US-backed dictator Anastasio

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Nicaragua Approves Amnesty Law To Bring Peace

June 9, 2019 orinocotribune amnesty law, Bismarck Martinez, Edwin Castro, FSLN, Jinotepe, NED, Nicaragua, US Sanctions

“It hurts us to have to grant amnesty to confessed assassins of policemen, to torturers of the San José school