Peace and social progress in Nicaragua: standing firm against US threats

The event is in person and online. The zoom link for the meeting will be sent out to everyone who registers so that those who wish to join online rather than attend in person may do so.

“How is it that, in spite of the obstacles presented by the US’s incessant and brutal intervention in Nicaragua, the Sandinistas have managed to do so much for the Nicaraguan people in so short a time”. – Dan Kovalik, Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention and Resistance

SPEAKERS:

Francisco Dominguez, National Secretary, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign and NSCAG Executive Committee member

John Perry, Nicaragua-based journalist who writes for the London Review of Books, Fair and Covert Action. He is an active member of the Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition.

Nadieh Alipourian, UNISON Birmingham branch and member of NEU West Midlands delegation to Nicaragua 2025

Joana Pujol, NEU member (Hammersmith and Fulham District) and member of NEU-sponsored teachers’ delegation to Nicaragua 2026

CHAIR: Julie Lamin, Co-Chair, NSCAG Executive Committee

Since 2006, Nicaragua has been a country at peace that has made huge progress in addressing the country’s main enemy: poverty.

But, this year we have witnessed an ever more belligerent US asserting its will across Latin America in order to establish the whole region as its own ‘backyard.’

This neocolonial bullying is implemented by ensuring compliant regimes across Latin America through military action (Venezuela), brutal sanctions (Cuba), and interfering in elections (Honduras, Colombia, Peru).

Nicaragua has stood firm against US efforts to subjugate the country to its will. But more intense threats are looming.

Speakers will look at the threats Nicaragua now faces from the US and their likely implications. Members of recent delegations to Nicaragua will also speak about their experiences and the way in which they have been inspired by a country which continues to prioritise the many over the few and build a better world.