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Nicaragua banned US-backed coup leaders from elections...but that is not how corporate media is spinning it
In his national address on July 19, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stated that when the country’s next elections take place, none who promoted a violent anti-government insurrection in 2018 will be allowed to stand for office. Western media outlets reported this as a total ban on voting. Ortega in 2025 -- image via video screenshot on X By John Perry, Common Dreams July 19 is a key date in Nicaragua’s calendar—the anniversary of the victory of its Sandinista revolution in

The Left Chapter
Aug 16 min read


Daily LIFT #1989
Photos from a mass Sandinista rally of 30,000 in Managua, Nicaragua in solidarity with Vietnam, September 14, 1979 -- Daily LIFT #1989 Daniel Ortega was speaking at the rally.

The Left Chapter
Jun 101 min read


Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at ALBA-TCP
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and...
Michael Laxer
Dec 18, 202410 min read


Reports from the ALBA-TCP Summit
Image via ALBA-TCP On Saturday, December 14, the XXIV Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade...
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 202411 min read


Honduras, Nicaragua and Caribbean countries defend Venezuelan elections
“The United States has repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, but not in favor of the people,...
Michael Laxer
Aug 27, 20244 min read


"In the hour of the furnaces" -- Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez at ALBA-TCP
Speech by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the...
Michael Laxer
Apr 28, 20248 min read


ALBA-TCP: Highlights from the XXII Summit in Havana
A "unifying mechanism for the defense of peace, democracy, stability and the well-being of the peoples of Our America." Nicolás Maduro...
Michael Laxer
Dec 16, 20229 min read


Raúl Castro's Central Report to 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (excerpts)
Excerpts from Castro's speech that touch on imperialism, the blockade, the pandemic, the party, Cuba's medical brigades, international...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 20219 min read
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