An Open Letter to the Guardian on Its Wildly Inaccurate Coverage of Nicaragua

The Guardian’s editor-in-chief received the following letter but has refused to publish it, even in shorter form.

Grayzone Project
By Grayzone Project
A masked protester walks along a main avenue, littered with debris, in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 20, 2018. Three consecutive days of protests in Nicaragua after the announcement of controversial Social Security reforms added a fifth death and dozens of injured Friday. International organizations have shown concern and have called on the government of Daniel Ortega to respect the voice of the people. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

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

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The National Endowment for Democracy Regime Change Playbook

The taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy recently revealed the subtle ways in which the United States meddles in the internal affairs of other countries at a congressional hearing.

Edward Hunt
By Edward Hunt
An anti-government protester poses for a picture holding a homemade mortar at a roadblock set up by protesters in Ticuantepe, Nicaragua, June 6, 2018. Esteban Felix | AP

During a recent congressional hearing, the heads of three influential non-profit organizations that operate in numerous countries around the world revealed the subtle ways in which the United States meddles in the internal affairs of other countries by playing what the officials called “the long game.” The three officials—Carl Gershman, Daniel

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Nicaragua’s Paramilitary Opposition Wages Intimidation and Media Terror Campaign

The current crisis in Nicaragua is an intense escalation of the long-term US and allied strategy to destroy the Sandinista Front for National Liberation, very much part of the unrelenting regional assault on Cuba and Venezuela.

Tortilla Con Sal
By Tortilla Con Sal
Members of the Nicaragua's opposition aim hunting rifles at police during protests in Masaya, Nicaragua, June 9, 2018. Oscar Duarte | AP

Nicaragua’s opposition paramilitary intimidation and media terror campaign have brought fear, insecurity, and hardship to around 30 of Nicaragua’s 153 municipalities. Only President Daniel Ortega’s commitment to peace has prevented an even worse conflict. Almost as disturbing as the extreme sadism of the opposition paramilitaries in Nicaragua is

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US Gov. Boasts of ‘Laying Groundwork for Insurrection’ in Nicaragua

As Nicaraguan student protest leaders meet with neoconservatives in Washington, DC, a publication funded by the US government’s regime change arm, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), boasts of spending millions of dollars “laying the groundwork for insurrection” against Daniel Ortega

Max Blumenthal
By Max Blumenthal
An anti-government protester poses for a picture holding a homemade mortar at a roadblock set up by protesters in Ticuantepe, Nicaragua, June 6, 2018. Esteban Felix | AP

While some corporate media outlets have portrayed the violent protest movement gripping Nicaragua as a progressive grassroots upswell, the country’s own student leaders have suggested otherwise. In early June, Nicaragua’s leading young activists went on a junket to Washington, DC, on the dime of the US government-funded right-wing advocacy group

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Open Letter to Amnesty International by Former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience

Amnesty International’s assertions are mostly based on either testimony by anti-government witnesses and victims, or the uncorroborated and highly manipulated information emitted by U.S.-financed anti-government media outlets, and non-profit organizations, collectively known as “civil society.”

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
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Opinion -- Through this letter I express my unequivocal condemnation of Amnesty International with regards to the destabilizing role it has played in Nicaragua, my country of birth. I open this letter quoting Donatella Rovera, who at the time this quote was made had been one of Amnesty International’s field investigators for more than 20

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US Latin American Regime-Change Tour Now Playing Nicaragua

Like Venezuela, the recent unrest in Nicaragua bears all the signs of U.S. involvement – the latest indication that the American Empire seeks to continue to consolidate its influence over Latin America by any means necessary.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Opposition protesters set off a mortar during an anti-government protest in Managua, Nicaragua, June 1, 2018. Alfredo Zuniga | AP

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA – For over seven weeks, events in Nicaragua have devolved into an increasingly common scenario for leaders who find themselves at odds with Washington: the country’s president, Daniel Ortega, stands accused of “killing his own people” after authorities have used “lethal force” in quelling recent protests. The unrest, which has

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