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May 4: Webinar with Ambassador Carlos Argüello, who will talk about how international law is a tool to protect our peoples from foreign aggression, as in the 1986 case of Nicaragua v. United States, and the current cases of South Africa v. Israel, and Nicaragua v. Germany.
Nicaraguan Day of Dignity Celebration and Press Conference with Carlos Arguello Saturday, May 4, 11 am Eastern, 10 am Central, 9 am Nica, 8 am Pacific
https://zoom.us/j/95432189720?pwd=eWZ6MTRQT2M5VXgzMkl2M0RrZ1l6dz09 Meeting ID: 954 3218 9720 Password: 396006
Statement by the Nicaragua Government concerning the Ruling of the ICJ on its case against Germany in the ICJ In its application to the high court Nicaragua made essentially two requests, first, that Germany suspend its military support to Israel, and, second, that it renew its financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA. The Court decided that under the current circumstances there was no need for interim measures, as Germany explained that it had significantly decreased the amount of material to be exported to Israel from 200 million in October 2023 to 1 million in March 2024, and that no further arms licenses had been approved. In addition, Germany also stated that it had provided new funds for UNRWA, which as of today have been completely renewed…. Finally, the Court rejected Germany’s request to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction, and will therefore continue with the process which involves a review of Germany’s conduct before it reduced its material support to Israel, among other points.
Interview with Dr. Carlos Argüello Gómez, who represented Nicaragua’s case against Germany at the International Court of Justice, speaks on the Court decision Ambassador Argüello:“what Germany told the Court is that they had stopped… that originally in October they had given a lot of assistance to Israel but then that this has stopped and that now they are complying with all the rules of Europe in supplying weapons of this nature and that all lethal weapons had been stopped. And also that they had announced a few days before that they had reinstated the funding of the [UNRWA] refugee program. So what the Court decided was that at this moment there was not sufficient evidence or need for the Court to dictate provisional measures… [Moreover, the ICJ kept open Nicaragua’s right to return to the case]. “…it’s a small grain of sand that we are contributing to all this international mobilization of people who are appalled at what’s happening”
Daniel Ortega, Rosario Murillo Speeches on the Anniversary of the Death of Tomas Borge: Now it is no longer a question of one country against another, but one where all of humanity is exposed to crimes such as those now being committed against the Palestinian People “And we see youth in North America raising the protest, the condemnation of the genocide that is being committed against the Palestinian People. North American youth protesting, right now, yes, they are protesting, and the protest is multiplying not only in North America, but in every country of our planet. The Peoples cannot accept, they cannot understand that a genocide is being committed with the participation of the powers of the Empires, headed by the North American Rulers, the Germans, the English, the French. That is, precisely that World where the Rulers pride themselves on being the most just, the most democratic, the most respectful of Rights, of International Law, they are unmasking themselves….
What threat is the People’s Republic of China? It’s just because the People’s Republic of China has been growing, developing and has become close with the world’s developing countries, which the colonialist, imperialist countries used as nothing more than a source of wealth that they could steal…Today, April 30th is Benjamin Linder’s birthday. Ben Linder’s murderers were nothing more than mercenaries, from an army of mercenaries trained by the United States itself, armed by the United States.
Sunday, May 19, 3pm ET, next Nicaragua Webinar, “Nicaragua’s Historic & Ongoing Solidarity with Palestine.”
Register here: bit.ly/NicaMay19 Speakers: Coleen Littlejohn, longtime Managua resident and international development economist; Yoav Elinevsky, Israeli-American peace activist, co-founder of FFIPP, an international network that organizes internships & delegations to Palestine; Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch, Palestine refugee from the West Bank, Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) based in Berkeley, CA
Casa Ben Linder 2024 delegations to Nicaragua:
Email casabenjaminlinder@gmail.com to apply:
November 8-17 2024: Salud & Solidaridad: Hands-On Healthcare in Nicaragua
February 2025: The Bird Brigade: Birding in Solentiname Arquipelago
March 2025: Power & Protagonism: Women in Nicaragua
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