Nicaragua’s Mutually Beneficial Relations with China, Russia and Iran
June 18 Webinar The ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy It
1. June 18 Webinar: The ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy It With: Héctor Igarza Cabrera, Cuban Ambassador to Canada. Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and President of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among People, and Jesús Bermudez, Nicaragua Minister of Commerce
2. Nicaragua’s New Mutually Beneficial Relations with China Interview with Laureano Ortega, Advisor to the Presidency for Investment Issues, International Trade and Cooperation on China’s new economic programs with Nicaragua.
Foreign Minister Denis Moncada: Russia Has Right To Fight Security Threats Against It In a meeting with Russian chancellor Sergei Lavrov, Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister Denis Moncada ratified that his country recognizes the security threats that forced Russia to start the special military operation in Ukraine. “The active and dynamic contribution of Russia, China, and Iran to international relations is creating a more equitable world order,” “Our countries will fight, resist, and win.”
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrives in Nicaragua June 13 The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, will be arriving in Nicaragua, together with a large delegation, including the Ministers of Health, Economic Cooperation, the Joint Commission, as well as deputies of the Islamic Consultative Assembly,” Vice President Murillo said. She added that “the Minister of Energy and Petroleum, the head of the office of the President of the Republic, the Vice-President for Scientific and Technological Affairs and the Knowledge Economy, the Minister of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces” will also arrive in the country. The delegation, which is very large, will also include delegates from [the ministries of Agriculture, Economic Relations, Diplomacy, Communication, Foreign Affairs.
3. Senators Marco Rubio and Tim Kaine new bill to Increase Economic Warfare against Nicaragua It would extend and expand sanctions, prohibit new US investment in Nicaragua, and restrict international funding to Nicaragua from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The bill calls for funding pro-US government organizations in Nicaragua, and seeks to use the United Nations as a tool to attack Nicaragua.
4. Webinars & Events
(video) June 3 Nicaragua Hearing: International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism
(video) Friends of the ATC webinar June 3: Introduction to Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast
June 15: La Casa de la Soberanía Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, tiene el agrado de invitarlos al Lanzamiento de la Revista Soberanía Conversatorio “Reflexiones sobre el Pensamiento del Padre Miguel d’Escoto Brockman”
5. Upcoming Delegations to Nicaragua
Delegation for the 44th anniversary of the revolution seefull itinerary.
Internship with Friends of the ATC, July 3 – July 29 “Agroecology & Revolution”
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