Tell the US Senate: Vote NO on Bill S.1881!
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One week after Nicaragua argued at the International Court of Justice to defend the Palestinian people from the genocide in Gaza, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved a bill to impose more sanctions on Nicaragua. The US government wants to punish Nicaragua for standing with the people of Palestine, and for charging countries that provide weaponry to the Israeli war machine with complicity in genocide.
We urge you to add your name to oppose this new attack on the world movement to defend Palestine.
Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition endorses this action alert circulated by the Americas Without Sanctions Campaign.
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DON’T LET THE US CONGRESS PUNISH NICARAGUA FOR DEFENDING PALESTINE!
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Thanks for your principled position against unilateral coercive measures, or sanctions, such as those that are causing so much damage in Cuba and Venezuela. We are saddened to see the U.S. Congress also ratcheting up sanctions on Nicaragua, where we have many family members and friends living in peace with improved healthcare, education, and rights. We do not want to see their quality of life diminished by more U.S. sanctions, which are so hard to remove once they are codified into law by Congress. Tell the US Senate: Vote NO on Bill S.1881!
It’s urgent for you to act now to stop Bill S.1881 (the ill-named Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act), which would impose broad sector sanctions impacting hundreds of thousands of jobs in Nicaragua, and would forbid any U.S. investment in the country. This bill just passed its first committee—the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. We can’t let it go any further!
It is no coincidence that the bill, which had languished for 10 months, finally started moving just one week after Nicaragua argued at the International Court of Justice to defend the Palestinian people from the genocide in Gaza. We know that the U.S. Congress also threatened sanctions on South Africa for defending the Palestinian people back in January. We cannot let them get away with punishing countries for upholding their international obligation to prevent genocide. Don’t let the US Congress Punish Nicaragua for Defending Palestine!
Some of Nicaragua’s critics even use racist tropes to accuse the country of aggravating the migrant crisis by allowing Haitians and Cubans to enter without visas, which it does to alleviate the humanitarian crises unleashed by U.S. intervention in those countries. Nicaragua should not be punished for helping the victims of harmful U.S. policies!
Sign here to demand that Congress respect Nicaragua’s right to self-determination without external interference. Instead, let’s thank Nicaragua for taking a principled position on some of today’s most urgent issues.
In solidarity,
Jill, Michelle, Natalia, Jenny and the Americas Without Sanctions team
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