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APRIL 18, 2023: REMEMBERING THE 2018 ATTEMPTED US COUP AGAINST NICARAGUA
1. Upcoming Events
April 23, 2023: Sustainable Agriculture and Environment in Nicaragua (register here) Nicaragua emits less than one eighth as much greenhouse gas per capita as the US. And yet Nicaraguans: Produce 90% of their own food. Have eliminated most hunger and illiteracy. Have addressed income disparities. Continue improving production efficiency. Have democratic control of food production. Have nearly achieved economic parity among women and men. How did Nicaragua do it? In this webinar, you will hear what we learned.
April 28-29: Burying 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine Program: Opposing Sanctions and Unilateral Intervention; Countering Militarism with Peace and Cooperation; Unearthing the Root Causes of Immigration; Forging an Independent Economic Model
2. Remembering the 2018 Attempted US Coup
Dan Kovalik, John Perry: Five Years Ago in Nicaragua: A Coup Attempt Begins Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent attempted US coup that lasted from April through July, 2018. In the first of four articles, we look at how it was planned and how it started. Nicaragua’s relatively loose regulation of local nonprofits at that time enabled the US to pour as much as $200 million into opposition media, NGOs and “human rights” bodies. By April 19, the scene was set for greater violence as “students” suddenly had access to hundreds of homemade mortar guns, deployed at roadblocks made by ripping up paving stones. On that day, the first of 22 police officers was killed.
A Timeline of Events in Nicaragua, April-July 2018, the time of the US failed attempt to overthrow Nicaragua’s government People in the US were mislead by corporate media propaganda about the violence during this period, which was exclusively blamed on the Sandinista government. This presents what actually happened.
3. Sign the Protest Statement to the UN Human Rights Council
UN Human Rights Report on Nicaragua is Fatally Flawed and Should be Withdrawn
4. Upcoming Delegations to Nicaragua
May 13-22 Health and Hope delegation Casa Ben Linder Learn about the family and community based health system, visit state-of-the-art hospitals and talk with policy-makers, accompany community health workers on home visits to see how integral care is provided at the grassroots level.
June 19-26 delegation: Voltage and Volcano Brigade Casa Ben Linder Visit a geothermal plant, solar installation, biogas, and electrical grid and recharging station projects. Peer into the second-most dangerous volcano in the world. Zip line among the trees of a dormant giant
June 17-27 Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast Delegation with Friends of the ATC will visit afro-descendant and indigenous communities that are important groups in the Caribbean Coast autonomy process and Nicaraguan culture, and witness examples of concrete gains in quality of life in education, healthcare and women’s rights.
Internship with Friends of the ATC, July 3 – July 29 “Agroecology & Revolution”
5. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition: nicasolidarity.net
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