By Rick Sterling, investigative journalist and current board president of Task Force on the Americas Western media has described the unrest and violence in Nicaragua as a “campaign of terror” by government police and paramilitary. This has also been asserted by large non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In May, for example, Amnesty International issued a report titled … Read More

By Katherine Hoyt on August 2, 2018 The phrase that has been going through my head for the last few weeks is something that Orlando Núñez Soto said a number of years ago with relation to Cuba: “We are seduced by the fact that the children eat and go to school.” It can also be … Read More

By Tricker on  August 8, 2018 Since April 18, the solidarity movement has been struggling over how to interpret events in Nicaragua and where to push in terms of advocacy and/or speaking out. As with many people following the situation, I have watched and listened to friends take a harsh line towards one another and with me about … Read More

By Roger D. Harris / August 8th, 2018 August 3, 2018. San Francisco, CA. — Camilo Mejía prefaced his explanation of the seemingly inexplicable eruption of violence in his native Nicaragua with the admonition that no one should take his word, but should research the facts as he has. Mejía spoke at an event co-sponsored … Read More

Task Force on the Americas – Solidarity Statement Condemns Assassination Attempt on Venezuelan President  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent assassination attempt by lethal drone on August 4, 2018. Hostile international media initially portrayed the event as a hoax perpetrated by the Maduro government as an excuse to suppress dissent. Later video footage of … Read More