NicaNotes: A Quick Update

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I’ve been unable to write a substantive post this week due to Alliance for Global Justice’s involvement in the SOA Watch Border Convergence in Southern Arizona to protest border militarization and US migrant/refugee policies. Nicaraguans are not among the Central Americans who now make up two-thirds of the refugees apprehended crossing the border in Arizona.…

Sandinistas Prioritize Clean Energy and Broadening Access

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One of the projects of the Sandinista government led by President Daniel Ortega, since he returned to the presidency in 2007, has been the sustained commitment to clean energy and to make access to that clean energy accessible to more people, especially in rural areas. Every week there are announcements of new projects, by the…

Will Sunday bring a new era to Colombia?

(Follow the LIVE BLOG on October 2nd for on the ground reporting from AfGJ’s International Accompaniment delegation.) Today I feel like I am completing a circle–a circle of peace. This is indeed an emotional moment for me and for everyone who has labored and longed for peace in Colombia and the world. Especially meaningful for…

LIVE BLOG: Yes to the Plebiscite, Yes to Peace!

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The Alliance for Global Justice is in Colombia for the historic signing of the Peace Accords and for the referendum vote on October 2. The delegation will be in four areas of the country to provide international accompaniment on voting day at the request of National Unitary Federation of Agricultural Workers Unions (Fensuagro) and the…