Iran President Visits Nicaragua; UN Group of “Experts” on Nicaragua refuses contact with the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
Iran President in Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega “We pay tribute… to all the Heroes and Martyrs of Iran, and in particular to General Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated by Yankee imperialism when he was fighting terrorism” “They [US] made the Panama Canal, but already now the Panama Canal, even taking into account its expansion, is really lacking, and another transit route is needed. That is why, when we have discussed the matter here in Nicaragua and we have worked to develop the Canal, immediately comes the campaign of the forces opposed to the Revolution, the US government and others, who start up their offensive to try and prevent that project from getting under way….Nicaragua has really been a country attacked like no other in Latin America and the Caribbean, by invasions of US troops, the United States Army, always seeking to dominate Nicaragua so as to have control of that Canal route. They see, they know that this Canal is necessary but they do not want the Nicaraguan people to own the Canal.”
UN Group of “Experts” on Nicaragua refuses contact with the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition A UN “group of human rights experts on Nicaragua” (GHREN) published a report in March accusing the Nicaraguan government of “crimes against humanity”. The report was based entirely on evidence from the opposition, as Stephen Sefton described in The Grayzone. The Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition prepared a detailed critique and organized a massive petition against the report.
Since March, the GHREN has completely ignored our submissions, despite the fact that we have sent more evidence of human rights abuses by the opposition, such as this one. The head of the GHREN continues making accusations (in Spanish, in El Pais). This month we emailed again, asking them to explain their procedure and to respond to our petition, but so far we have had no reply. In the meantime, opposition NGOs seem to have open access to the “experts.” This is yet another example of what Alfred de Zayas (who signed the petition) calls the “human rights industry” and how it serves US interests.
John Perry: Nicaragua rebuilds – five years after US-funded terror was defeated Five years after the violent coup attempt in Nicaragua, the country is celebrating its recovery – peace has returned, the economy is growing, the Sandinista government re-elected in 2021 is investing strongly in public services. This article describes in detail one of the many incidents of extreme violence. It occurred in Masaya, one of Nicaragua’s most important cities, the scene of many grisly crimes when it was controlled by opposition thugs for several weeks in 2018.
Heads of NED and other bodies bragged to Congress in June 2018 about the Nica coup attempt Five years ago on June 14 2018, the heads of the National Endowment for Democracy and other agencies bragged to the US Congress that they had trained 8,000 young Nicaraguans who were attempting a coup against the Sandinista government. https://counterpunch.org/2018/07/06/ned
Map of 2018 Nicaragua Coup Attempt Roadblocks On June 9, 2018, Nicaraguan opponents published a map of the roadblocks they installed during the coup attempt. Extortions, kidnappings and torture took place at these roadblocks. They were finally cleared and the Sandinista government restored peace, in mid-July.
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