Taken from Nicaragua in Crisis by Louis De Benedette:
Nicaragua is in a conflict beginning in April 2018
The right-wing backed by US dollars wants to topple the current government and impeach President Daniel Ortega. There is much more to this, but I want to specifically share the solidarity that VVAW and many individual members have participated in through the years.
In April of 1986, seven years after the revolution, a VVAW delegation visited Nicaragua. Reagan's freedom fighters, i.e. (the contra), were killing people and destroying schools and hospitals which the International Court of Justice ordered the US to pay for.
The International Court of Justice ruled that the US was an international terrorist and demanded reparation. The charges went nowhere, and the Reagan legacy as the butcher of Nicaragua was to continue. The VVAW delegation also protested at the US Embassy.
Two years later in 1988, VVAW member Bob Livesey led a convoy supported by fellow VVAW member Dave Cline to show support for Daniel Ortega and the people.... Read More
