Nicaragua Network

1. Hundreds of millions in aid announced in one week
2. Nicaragua ranks high in gender parity survey
3. Thirteen deaths from dengue fever
4. Nicaragua behind in petroleum payments to Venezuela
5. RAAS pushes to combat trash and promote recycling
6. Nicaragua joins nations in call for protection of the “high seas”
7. Business leaders call property claimants to mediation
8. Ometepe to celebrate 3^rd anniversary of Biosphere Reserve designation
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1. Government sends 2014 budget to Assembly
2. Nicaraguan delegation travels to China to learn more about canal
3. Arguments finish before World Court on San Juan River dredging
4. World Bank official gives Nicaragua high marks on infrastructure projects
5. Dengue scourge increases despite eradication efforts
6. New US law may benefit Nicaragua on property claims
7. Honduran police capture Nicaraguan wanted for attempted murder
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1. Consulta Mitofsky shows leftist presidents with high ratings
2. Shipping canal attacked and defended; trip to China in the offing
3. Costa Rica makes new San Juan River demands at World Court
4. Outstanding first harvest reported
5. Army breaks up band in Department of Jinotega
6. PAHO calls for investigation of Chronic Renal Insufficiency
7. Obsolete electronics recycled and trees planted
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1. Government presents proposal for Social Security “adjustment”
2. Poll shows desire for more and better paying jobs, continued support for government
3. New financing for projects announced
4. DR-CAFTA pushing pork producers out of business
5. NYC mayoral frontrunner attacked for past Sandinista support
6. Army halts illegal logging and business group calls for “certified wood” sales
7. Nicaragua advances against child labor
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1. Nicaragua “graduates” from IMF programs
2. Law 779 amended to allow mediation
3. Panama comes to tentative understanding with Nicaragua over territorial waters
4. Chinchilla attacks Nicaragua at UN; Costa Rica asks World Court for new measures
5. United States: Conflict between Colombia and Nicaragua should be resolved peacefully
6. Olive Ridley Turtles arrive at last
7. Law to regulate organ transplants passed
8. Telica Volcano got noisy on September 26
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Weekly News Update on the Americas
Special Supplement, September 30, 2013

1. NYC Mayoral Frontrunner Was Nicaragua Activist: NY Times
2. The Right Reacts: Anti-Semitism and the “Marxist Playbook”
3. “Purely and Nobly American”: Times Writers
4. Solidarity Activists Deconstruct the Media Coverage
5. Who Were the Real Anti-Semites?

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Send letters to the editor!

Former Nicaragua solidarity activist Bill De Blasio is the frontrunner in the NYC mayoral election. The right-wing is pulling out all the old lies against Nicaragua from Reagan’s dirty war against the Sandinistas in order to tar De Blasio. While the Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice has no position for or against any candidate for political office in New York or anywhere else, we do have an interest in countering the current slanders against Nicaragua.

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1. Nicaragua submits new petition to World Court; Colombia and Panama meet with UN Secretary General
2. Hundreds protest changes to law against violence toward women
3. Assembly passes budget reform bill to reflect new revenues
4. Switch to plastic bus pass cards causes problems
5. Foreign aid to improve education and health care
6. Government support transforms footwear sector
7. Free Trade Zone production diversifies
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1. Nicaragua celebrates Central American independence
2. Colombia claims World Court ruling violates its constitution
3. Exports drop in value and volume
4. Economists at conference praise Nicaragua’s poverty reduction efforts
5. Correa wants to study Nicaraguan policing
6. At-risk youth rehabilitated through sports
7. Nicaraguans call on US to free the Cuban Five
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Listen up New England!

Compas de Nicaragua Dance Tour Arrives This Week!

The dates are September 14 through October 5, 2013.

The tour brings five young women from "Women in Action" to the U.S. to perform traditional dances while educating audiences about Nicaragua’s culture and current living conditions.

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