Nicaragua

A Response To Misinformation On Nicaragua: It Was A Coup, Not A ‘Massacre’

August 16, 2018 Charles Redvers, Grayzoneproject.com Educate! coup, Nicaragua, Regime Change, US Imperialism

There is so much misinformation in mainstream corporate media about recent events in Nicaragua that it is a pity that Mary Ellsberg’s article for Pulse has added to it with a seemingly leftish critique. Ellsberg claims that recent articles, including from this website, often “paint a picture of the crisis in Nicaragua that is dangerously misleading.” Unfortunately, her own article does just that. It looks at the situation entirely from the perspective of those opposing Daniel Ortega’s government while whitewashing their malevolent behavior and downplaying the levels of US support they have relied on. Her piece is an incomplete depiction of what is happening on the ground, ignoring many salient facts that have come to light and which have been outdated by recent events.

What Really Happens To Nicaragua, Venezuela And Ecuador

August 16, 2018 Peter Koenig, informationclearinghouse.info Educate! Ecuador, Latin America, Nicaragua, US Imperialism, Venezuela

August 14, 2018 "Information Clearing House" - Stories about corruption and internally government-generated violence concerning most unaligned countries abound in the MSM. These lies fuel hatred. And the public at large start a malicious rumor circuit. Which, in turn is taken over by the MSM, so that their lies are pushing in open doors. The war drums start beating. The populace wants foreign imposed order, they want blood and ‘regime change’. The consensus for war has once more worked. And the blood may flow. Instigated by outside forces, such as the NED (National Endowment for Democracy) and USAID, which train and fund nationals clandestinely in-and outside the country where eventually they have to operate. They are commandeered by Washington and other western powers and act so as to blame the “non-obedient” governments, whose regime must be changed.

Nicaragua: Dynamics of an Interrupted Revolution

August 8, 2018 Jeff Mackler, Popular Resistance Educate! Nicaragua, Socialism, US Regime Change

The unfolding events in Nicaragua over the past three months pose two critical questions for socialists and antiwar activists. Where do we stand on the critical issue of U.S. imperialist intervention and where do we stand with regard to the dynamics of the still-unfolding confrontations? That U.S. imperialism is intervening in Nicaragua today against the capitalist FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) government of Daniel Ortega cannot be denied. President Trump has openly threatened to send U.S. troops. In this anti-imperialist context, however, each component of any successful U.S.-based united front, democratic, mass-action movement must be free to express its own views on the internal dynamics operating in each nation where any form of U.S. intervention is underway. While we considered Daniel Ortega and the FSLN’s central leaders “revolutionists of action,” that is, honest revolutionaries who desired important changes in Nicaraguan society, we recognized that they were fundamentally adverse to breaking with Nicaragua’s capitalist class...

Peace Leader Speaks Against US-backed Regime Change in Nicaragua, Confronted by Anti-Ortega Opposition

August 7, 2018 Roger Harris, Popular Resistance Resist! Nicaragua, Regime Change

Camilo Mejía prefaced his explanation of the seemingly inexplicable eruption of violence in his native Nicaragua with the admonition that no one should take his word but should research the facts as he has. Mejía spoke at an event co-sponsored by the Task Force on the Americas, a 32-year-old anti-imperialist human rights group. Anti-Ortega demonstrators filtered into the now standing-room-only lecture hall, periodically heckling Mejía. Calmly and graciously, Mejía welcomed the opposition elements and even allowed a senior woman who had been a Sandinista to take the microphone and make an impassioned appeal for regime change. But when the opposition elements became intolerantly disruptive to the expression of views contrary to their own, Mejía admonished: “By your actions, you demonstrate what kind of democracy you stand for.”

Open Letter To Democracy Now! Criticizing Their Nicaragua Coverage

August 6, 2018 Staff, Popular Resistance Educate! Media, Nicaragua

We are a group of journalists, writers and activists with knowledge of the current crisis in Nicaragua who want to express our concern about Democracy Now’s coverage of it. We believe that the four recent programs you have run on Nicaragua have not given the balanced assessment we would expect of what is a complex situation, where local media are highly polarised and there is prolific dissemination of ‘fake news’. Our purpose in writing is not to urge you to take a pro-Ortega ‘line’ but to ask for proper balance in your reporting. . . it is hardly a fair presentation if the background to such interviews is repeated citing of the opposition’s version of events as if it is accepted fact, when it is highly contested. The mainstream media – New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, BBC etc. – have all followed a similar approach. However, we have higher expectations of Democracy Now. We urge you to meet them in your future coverage of Nicaragua.

Nicaragua’s Sovereign National Dialogue & Peace Must Be Guarded Against Foreign Interference

August 2, 2018 Staff, Wpc-in.org Educate! Nationalism, Nicaragua, US Imperialism

The escalation in Nicaragua has drawn more attention from the popular and peace forces in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in the entire world. The signs of foreign interference, in particular from the US, are already clear in the domestic dispute which, from legitimate demands in the economic realm, has escalated to the violence today seen on the streets, despite the calls for dialogue from the government of President Daniel Ortega and the commitments he has made. We have long rejected the US interference in the domestic disputes in countries all over the world, interferences aiming to impose the change in governments, promoting the take over by groups more favorable or subservient to its agenda, directly or indirectly. Part of a broader geopolitical play, the signs of this interference in Latin America and the Caribbean, where this offensive policy has been strengthened, are clearer.

How Washington And Soft Power NGOs Manipulated Nicaragua’s Death Toll To Drive Regime Change And Sanctions

August 1, 2018 Max Blumenthal, Grayzoneproject.com Educate! NGOs, Nicaragua, Regime Change, US Imperialism

A detailed study of the death toll that has been recorded in Nicaragua since a violent campaign to remove President Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista government shows that at least as many Sandinista supporters were killed as opposition members. The study, “Monopolizing Death,” demonstrates how partisan local NGOs conflated all deaths that occurred since April, including accidents and the murders of Sandinistas, with killings by government forces. Washington has seized on the bogus death count to drive the case for sanctions and intensify pressure for regime change. The manipulated death toll was the centerpiece of a July 25 harangue by Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on the House floor. While drumming up support for a bipartisan resolution condemning Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega for supposedly ordering the massacre of demonstrators, Ros-Lehtinen declared, “Mr. Speaker, four hundred and fifty!

An Exclusive Interview With Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega

July 31, 2018 Max Blumenthal, Grayzoneproject.com Educate! Electoral Politics, Nicaragua, President

Since the sudden outbreak of protests and violence last April, an uneasy calm had fallen over Nicaragua. President Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista government have claimed victory over what they call a coup attempt, but they now face condemnation from the US and its allies, who accuse them of unleashing lethal violence against peaceful protesters. I spent much of July inside Nicaragua, speaking with supporters of the government and their opponents. I learned that Washington’s narrative of a despised dictator mowing down unarmed demonstrators wasn’t exactly accurate. Across the country, I observed widespread support for Ortega and the Sandinista movement. It also became apparent from the moment I arrived that Western media had covered up the brutality of the opposition, as well as its anti-democratic agenda.

Is The Guardian Newspaper Scourge Of The Left It Once Championed?

July 29, 2018 Staff of Russia Today Educate! Jeremy Corbyn, Nicaragua, Noam Chomsky, The Guardian, Venezuela

An open letter has slammed the Guardian for “wildly inaccurate coverage of Nicaragua.” It's the latest condemnation of a newspaper which positions itself as a champion of the left but is increasingly accused of attacking it. The letter, signed by some 28 activists, accused the paper of disproportionately reporting on the country’s embattled left-wing government, headed up by Daniel Ortega. The circulation of the Guardian, along with almost all British newspapers, has dramatically fallen in recent years. Critics suggest its reputation as a champion of the left has fallen with it.

The Case Against Daniel Ortega

July 26, 2018 Chuck Kaufman, Afgj.org Educate! Latin America, Nicaragua

The Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice and I have recently been called Orteguistas (Ortega supporters). We used to be called Danielistas before it became necessary to the narrative to demonize him completely by denying him the practice in some parts of Latin America of calling those you respect, like Fidel and Che, by their first names. In case you are not clear, calling someone an Orteguista is an insult on par with calling someone a Stalinist or a Trot. It doesn’t really carry any meaning anymore; it is just used as a pejorative to discredit the person or organization it is aimed at. I’m sure the Ortega government would be surprised of that characterization of us. We have not had even informal relations with Ortega or the FSLN since the mid-90s when a report we sent to the National Directorate following the Zoilamerica charges was taken as interfering in Nicaragua’s affairs and we were cut off from party structures.

Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega To TeleSUR: ‘The Coup Was Defeated’

July 26, 2018 Staff, Telesurtv.net Educate! coup, Latin America, Nicaragua, US Imperialism

In an exclusive interview, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has told teleSUR President Patricia Villegas: "The coup was defeated." Ortega says that the country has experienced extreme violence over the past several months at the hands of the "extreme right" of Nicaragua and U.S. elected officials who have always opposed the Sandinista revolution since it emerged in the 1980s. The president went on to say that the violence is the fruit of U.S. officials who are working with poor paramilitaries within the country who want to knock down the Sandinistas. Since protests broke out in mid-April to contest social security reforms, the country has been thrust into unprecedented socio-political turmoil that has left some 350 people killed, according to the NGO Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (ANPDH). At least 2,100 have been injured, says the ANPDH.

The Guardian Criticized For Misrepresenting Truth In Nicaragua

July 25, 2018 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Educate! Media, Nicaragua, Propraganda

For the past three months, there has been a political crisis in Nicaragua, with opposing forces not only confronting each other in the streets but fighting a media war. The Guardian should be at the forefront of balanced and well-informed reporting of these events. Instead, despite plentiful evidence of opposition violence, almost all your 17 reports since mid-April blame Daniel Ortega’s government for the majority of deaths that have occurred. One of your most recent articles (“The Nicaraguan students who became reluctant rebels”, July 10) leaves unchallenged an opposition claim that theirs is “a totally peaceful struggle.” Only one article (July 4) gives significant space to the government version of events.

After The Failed Coup, After All The Lies, Nicaragua Rebuilds

July 25, 2018 By Stephen Sefton, Tortillaconsal.com Create! coup, Latin America, Nicaragua

Nicaragua is entering a new political phase of reconstruction in multiple senses, now the US backed right wing coup attempt has failed. The country’s political opposition have suffered another catastrophic failure. After months of intimidation and insecurity, savage violence and economic blockade at the hands of the country’s extremist opposition, people in Nicaragua long for a return to peaceful social and economic life. Overseas, Western media and NGOs have confirmed their role as propaganda outlets for the US government and its allies. Media from the Guardian and the New York Times to the BBC and Al Jazeera as well as phony progressive media like Democracy Now have misrepresented the crisis as have human rights organizations like Amnesty International.

Nicaraguan Labor Group Urges Peace Highlights Right-Wing Violence & US Regime Change

July 23, 2018 By the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group Educate! Nicaragua, US Regime Change

In Nicaragua, for the past three months, there have been widespread protests, which were originally initiated by university students and other sectors. These protests were both against and in support of proposed reforms to the Social Security system, which had included raising the age of retirement and an increase in both employer and employee contributions. In response to the protests, the government quickly withdrew the proposed reforms, however in spite of this there has been a continuation of widespread violent acts, led by political groups and organizations opposed to the government and now calling for regime change.

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