Nica Coalition 3.4.2025: Nicaragua Repudiates UN Human Rights Council, ILO over Dishonest Attacks; John Perry on USAID’s Role in Nicaragua
Nicaragua Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council Due to its Constant Falsehoods The decision came after the Group of Human Rights Experts (GHREN) called for Nicaragua to be brought before the International Court of Justice for stripping 153 right-wing activists of their nationality and expelling them as stateless persons. Co-President Rosario Murillo said, “We repudiate all insults, all offenses, all falsifications, all aggressions—everything that constitutes the colonialist policies guiding the actions of organizations that should serve the common good…The Human Rights Council violates its own regulations contained in the resolution adopted on March 15, 2006, which established the principles of objectivity, impartiality, and non-selectivity in the examination of human rights issues, as well as the obligation to eliminate double standards and politicization….this is further evidence of the double standards and politicization of each of these mechanisms, which routinely instrumentalize human rights as a pretext for interference in the internal affairs of States and for disrespecting national sovereignty.” Full Nicaragua statement to President of the UN Council for Human Rights
Nicaragua Leaves the International Labor Organization (ILO) The ILO “by acting in a politicized way, lending itself to maneuvers of destabilization and interference by taking an interest in essentially political issues belonging to the Internal Jurisdiction of States, thus acting outside the ILO's legal framework...The decisions that the ILO Administrative Council has been taking are biased, lack objectivity, based on prejudiced information and reports from organizations that have lent themselves to the maneuvers of those who have attempted and continue to attempt to act against Peace and tranquility and who are the authors of multiple murders, kidnappings, rapes, aberrations and outrages against the Nicaraguan people, also causing destruction and unquantifiable damage to the national economy.”
Nicaragua Withdraws from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Referring to the publication of the “World Migration Report 2024”, prepared by the IOM... we reject as containing false, malicious and irresponsible information. The International Organization for Migration was conceived as an Organization to promote international cooperation and help find practical solutions to migration phenomena, respecting the sovereignty of States, without interference in their internal affairs… the use of double standards in its treatment of States, to the detriment of the principle of Sovereign Equality, Nicaragua does not accept and rejects. For the foregoing reasons, the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua… notifies its sovereign and irrevocable decision to withdraw from said Organization, and demands that IOM close its Representation and Offices in Nicaragua immediately.
John Perry: Is USAID a “Criminal Organization?”—In Nicaragua, the Evidence Suggests It Is President Trump closed down USAID after Elon Musk branded it “a criminal organization,” adding “it’s time for it to die.” Is there any truth to Musk’s allegation? Between 2014 and 2021, USAID spent $315,009,297 on Nicaragua projects, most of it spent trying to undermine the government and giving lucrative contracts to US consultancies and to some of Nicaragua’s richest families. Here is a detailed account of how much of it was spent.
Nicaragua to sign agreement on wind energy project with China The head of the National Electric Transmission Company (ENATREL), Salvador Mansell, explained that energy generation from renewable sources closed last January at 84.6%. In 2007 Nicaragua only had 54% of electric coverage, the lowest in the region; however, thanks to the efforts of the Executive, the country is currently in first place with 99.5%.
Events
February 28- May 13: Sarah Woodward national speaking tour: Building Sustainable Communities, Insights from Nicaragua See link for the tour itinerary, which is being continually updated. Sarah Woodard represents the Jubilee House Community (JHC), a nonprofit she helped form in 1979, and has worked the last 31 years in Nicaragua, with the Center for Development in Central America (CDCA). The JHC-CDCA continues to respond to local needs, to help the poor accomplish what they see as their priorities, particularly in the areas of sustainable economic development, organic agriculture, health care, and education. Sarah’s tour will both update supporters on the JHC-CDCA’s work in Nicaragua and educate those in the global north on the amazing realities developing within Sandinista Nicaragua where both the social and political will are focused on helping the majority of the population, the poorest of the poor. Contact Sarah@jhc-cdca.org, 704-993-6531, for setting up a speaking engagement, organize a webinar with her, or help arrange an online or radio interview.
March 8 webinar: NATO Not Wanted in Latin America with Alicia Angli - Mexico; Fravia Marquez - Venezuela; Coleen Littlejohn - Nicaragua; Lorena Gimenez - Venezuela
March 10: Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition monthly zoom meeting, 2:30 PM ET. Email NicaraguaSolidarityCoalition@gmail.com in advance to request Zoom access.
March 31 webinar; A better world is possible: Nicaragua achieves poverty reduction despite threats from the US with John Perry; Becca Renk, Director of the JHC-CDCA’s health clinic, Coordinator of the Casa Benjamin Linder; Nick Hoskyns, Managing Director of ETICO and Executive Committee of NSCAG; Julie Lamin, Co-Chair, NSCAG Executive Committee.
April 13, 3 pm ET webinar with Sarah Woodard: Building Sustainable Communities: Insights from Nicaragua
May 18, 3 pm ET webinar: Nicaraguan programs of maternal and child health, and a cross-national comparison, with speakers Becca Renk, Magda Lanuza, and Jameela Alexander. Please mark your calendars, more information and registration link coming soon.
Casa Ben Linder Tours to Nicaragua:
Email casabenjaminlinder@jhc-cdca.org to apply
June 2025: Global Health: Family and Community Health in Nicaragua
July 2025: Solidarity in Action: Nicaragua’s Popular Revolution
November 2025: Salud & Solidaridad: Hands-On Healthcare in Nicaragua
Date TBD 2025: Co-ops and Communities: Cooperative Movement in Nicaragua
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