The Return of Elliot Abrams
1. Biden Nominates Elliot Abrams
AFGJ Alert: Biden Administration’s nomination of Elliott Abrams to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy must be stopped! Sign on to send a letter to Biden and your Senators.
Caitlin Johnstone: Presidents Keep Hiring Elliott Abrams Because The US Empire Is Just That Evil This would be the fourth presidential administration that Abrams has been a part of, despite being a confessed crook and despite pushing for bloodshed at every opportunity in some of the US empire’s most notorious criminal actions. Abrams is such a cold-hearted killer that he openly admitted during a 1985 conference that the purpose of aiding the Contras in Nicaragua was “to permit people who are fighting on our side to use more violence,” and has promoted US military violence against Iraq, Syria and Iran with remarkable forcefulness throughout his career.
Ben Norton: Biden joins Trump in appointing war criminal involved in genocide: Meet Elliott Abrams, coup expert President Biden appointed notorious neoconservative war criminal Elliott Abrams as an advisor for “public diplomacy”. Abrams previously served under Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan, and he oversaw genocide in Guatemala, massacres in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and coup attempts in Venezuela.
Barbara Larcom: Elliot Abrams and Nicaragua radio interview on his human rights criminality.
2. More on Failed 2018 Coup and Historic International Court of Justice Ruling
John Perry: Nicaragua 5 years on, revisiting Amnesty International’s falsehoods On the fifth anniversary of the 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, conflicting accounts of the violence and killings still persist. The mainstream media has characterized the opposition protests as generally peaceful and cases of opposition violence as counter violence against brutal repression of dissent by the government. John Perry has written a series of articles that call into question this one-sided narrative, and his appeal to empirical evidence and lived experience have broadened the parameters of debate. In this article, Perry revisits the case of the murder of police officer Faber López Vivas, a case that highlights the need for impartial investigation of the events of 2018.
Non-Aligned Movement and Sao Paulo Forum support Nicaragua on Compliance with International Court of Justice Ruling Nicaragua Vice-President Rosario Murillo stated,”This morning the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned countries was concluded in Azerbaijan. During the final session this morning, we once again received support for Nicaragua, in our right to claim compensation from the United States, in keeping with the historic judgment of the International Court of Justice, which ordered them to indemnify Nicaragua for all the damages caused throughout history, particularly during the 80’s, and the damages that still continue, the damages that they continue to cause us with all their aggressions.”
3. Events and Webinars:
July 15: Another way is possible: Nicaragua’s social economy and co-operatives 70% of Nicaragua’s population is employed in the social economy: small & medium businesses & farms, co-operatives, associations, and as self-employed workers. What difference has 16 years of Sandinista government made to the lives of those working in this sector? With 58% of the national budget devoted to health and education, and with priority given to supporting the social economy, low-cost housing and improved infrastructure, Nicaragua is an example of a holistic well integrated approach to addressing poverty reduction, gender equality and the climate crisis.
July 16 outside the White House: Celebrate and Defend the Sovereignty of Latin American countries! Oppose US interference in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Peru, Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico
July 23: Why is Nicaragua’s Important in Today’s World? Hear from visitors to Nicaragua for the 44th anniversary celebration of the Revolution who will offer firsthand observations of: the July 19 festivities; tours of hospitals & clinics; visits to renewable energy & agroecology projects; exchanges with Afro-descendant and indigenous communities; meetings with government officials. Learn why they believe Nicaragua is important in today’s world.
4. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition: nicasolidarity.net
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