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Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition Newsletter.June 27, 2023

Anniversary of Nicaragua’s Historic International Court of Justice Ruling;

World Economic Forum Ranks Nicaragua 7th of 146 Countries in Women’s Rights

Stephen Sefton: The judgment of The Hague of 1986 and a true culture of Peace Thirty-seven years ago, on June 27, 1986, the International Court of Justice condemned the United States for President Ronald Reagan’s bloody terrorist war against the people of Nicaragua. Speaking of the sentence in 2019, our Comandante Daniel observed: “The Court ruled in favor of the People of Nicaragua, and we cannot forget that, Nicaraguan brothers and sisters, we must always keep this in mind, that Justice has been on our side and Justice continues to be on the side of the Nicaraguan People, on the side of Nicaragua’s Families.”

World Economic Forum says Nicaragua leads in gender equality in Latin America The WEF report highlights that, in a ranking prepared with data from 146 countries, Nicaragua ranked number 7. (Cuba and Venezuela were not included). The report states Nicaragua is first in: Women professional & technical workers, Women’s Educational Attainment, Women’s literacy, Women’s enrollment in third-level education, Women in Parliament, Women in Ministerial Positions.

John Perry on Myths about Nicaraguan Migration Is it true that Nicaragua is in 4th place globally in forcing people into asylum, producing headlines like this in Nicaragua’s right wing media? – in this thread we check the facts.

Video:The ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy It Webinar with Cuba Ambassador Hector Igarza, Venezuela Deputy Minister Carlos Ron, and Nicaragua Minister of Commerce Jesus Bermudez Short webinar clips of the Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela officials on relations with China and Iran

Upcoming Webinar and Delegation:

Webinar: July 23: Why is Nicaragua Important in Today’s World? Hear from visitors to Nicaragua for the 44th anniversary celebration of the Revolution,

Delegations to Nicaragua: The 44th anniversary of the revolution seefull itinerary.

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Our monthly zoom meetings: Second Monday of the month, 2:30 PM ET email Barbara@nicasolidarity.net to join

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Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition Newsletter. June 20, 2023

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.

Upcoming Delegation to Nicaragua

Delegation for the 44th anniversary of the revolution seefull itinerary.

Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition: nicasolidarity.net

Our monthly zoom meetings: Second Monday of the month, 2:30 PM ET email Barbara@nicasolidarity.net to join

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Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition Newsletter. June 13, 2023

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”

6. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition: nicasolidarity.net

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Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition Newsletter. June 7, 2023

Self-Determination of Nicaraguan Afro-Descendant People: Report by Nicaragua’s Office for the Defense of Human Rights

Celebration of the World Day for African and Afro-Descendant Culture (January 24) in Managua

1. Self-Determination of the Afro-Descendant People: Report by Nicaragua’s Office for the Defense of Human Rights Since 2008, in the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, the Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendants are the leaders of their self-determination and self-development. This has contributed to their regaining their human rights and in reducing poverty and unemployment. Their advances stand out in educational progress, improved health care, safer water and better sanitation, more opportunities in construction, telecommunications, transportation, electricity, agribusiness projects, fishing, etc

NicaNotes: Defending Nicaragua During the 2018 Coup Attempt Accounts by Edwin Mendoza,a member of the July 19 Sandinista Youth Association. He began writing his own story and that of other young people about what happened during the 2018 US-backed coup attempt.

2. Webinars

Sunday June 18: The ALBA-TCP: First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy It – with government representatives of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua. Héctor Igarza Cabrera, Cuban Ambassador to Canada; Carlos Ron, Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and President of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among People; Jesús Bermudez, Nicaragua Minister of Commerce, the top Nicaragua official managing the ALBA-TCP portfolio. To register: bit.ly/NicaJune18

Video of Nicaragua Hearing: International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism First four speakers were Nicaraguans who were direct victims of US Imperialism during the insurrection against Somoza, Reagan’s Contra war or the US-directed coup of 2018, giving short, moving testimonies. Then National Assembly Deputy, Wilfredo Narvaez; head of the Supreme Court, Alba Luz Ramos; Minister of Finance Ivan Acosta; and former Minister of Health, Sonia Castro gave historical testimony on US aggression since William Walker, destruction in the 1980’s and the International Court Case which Nicaragua won, effects of the coup and sanctions on the economy and on the health of the population. Camilo Mejia focused on the different kinds of US aggression in recent years like the coup attempt, sanctions, RAIN, etc

4. 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”

5. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition: nicasolidarity.net

Our next Monthly Meeting is June 12, 2:30 pm ET on zoom.Email NicaraguaSolidarityCoalition@gmail.com to inquire about participating.

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