Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup? A Reader

Description

In April of 2018 armed and unarmed proxies of the US in collaboration with Nicaraguan elites launched a war against the Nicaraguan state, its government, its economy and its people. It disrupted transportation and communications throughout the country and sabotaged the economy. This was effected through acts of vandalism, arson, assault, beatings, killings, torture and rape, as well as the construction throughout the country of hundreds of violently enforced roadblocks, and the staging of political demonstrations peppered with violence. Through false and deceptive domestic, international and social media reports and posts, the aggressors in this war managed to enlist a number of Nicaraguans not part of the country’s politically reactionary elite. Contributors 4 Foreword 5 by Gabriela Luna Introduction 10 by Chuck Kaufman US Imperialism and Nicaragua 14 by S. Brian Willson and Nils McCune Nicaragua 2018 - Myths and Facts 39 by Barbara Larcom How Nicaragua defeated a right-wing US-backed coup 59 by Max Blumenthal and Nils McCune Nicaragua 2018 - Events and their context by Nan McCurdy and Stephen Sefton Part 1 78 Part 2 116 US Regime-Change Funding Mechanisms 173 by Chuck Kaufman Human Rights in Nicaragua 188 by Dan Kovalik Nicaragua's Crisis : The Struggle for Balanced Media Coverage 210 by John Perry The Popular Economy : Nicaragua's Anti-Shock Therapy 223 by Nils McCune The Catholic Church Hierarchy and their Role in Nicaragua's 245 Political Crisis by Coleen Littlejohn Conclusion by Dan Kovalik Resources 258 269