Camilo E. Mejia on June 13, 2018 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 … Read More

By Chuck Kaufman on June 6, 2018 As the crisis in Nicaragua intensifies and the US and European corporate media, the human rights industrial complex, and voices traditionally hostile to Nicaraguan sovereignty grow ever more strident, I have become mystified at the reactions of some people who I used to think were of the Left, … Read More

By Roger D. Harris, Task Force board member Ed. Note: Roger Harris was an election observer in Venezuela for both of Maduro’s elections, most recently on a Venezuela Analysis/Intrepid News Fund delegation. The hall went silent at the National Electoral Council (CNE) on the evening of May 20th as the five poker-faced officials filed in. … Read More

By Sister Maureen McInerney Speaking on behalf of the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, I am deeply troubled by the decision of the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 57,000 Hondurans. This is now the seventh group of people from other countries who have been stripped of their right to … Read More

  Julian Assange is under increasing threat. There are ominous signs the Ecuadoran government may facilitate Assange’s removal from their London UK Embassy which could lead to his extradition to the US. Just 47 years old, Assange is in failing physical health after nearly 6 years confined to a room without fresh air or sunlight. … Read More