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Several members of the community have provided analysis on the ever-changing political situation in Nicaragua.

The Ecumenical Committee describes the arrogant and offensive statements from the US ambassador to Nicaragua and what you can do about it. NicaNet is organizing a delegation to Nicaragua that will focus specifically on US interference. Finally, Brynne Keith-Jennings has an article in CounterPunch on the ambassador.

Here's how to support Dora Maria Tellez!

WE ARE NOT SILENT

Please adapt, print, and send your postal letter(s) today. See below the postal addresses and the suggested letter.

Send your letter(s) to:

Ms. Barbara C. Moore, Embajadora
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Nicaragua
KM 4 1/2 Carretera Sur
Managua, Nicaragua
NICARAGUA
Tel. 00 - (505) 266010
Fax: 00 - (505) 2663861

Mr. Luis Espada-Platet, Consul General
Sección Consular, Embajada de los Estados Unidos
Costado Oeste del edificio de la Embajada Americana
Km. 4 1/2 Carretera Sur
Managua, Nicaragua
NICARAGUA
Tel. 00 - (505) 268-0123 & 00 - (505) 266-6010

Academics protest Dora Maria's visa denial

You can now download a letter signed by many academics in the US and Canada protesting the State Department's decision to deny Dora Maria Tellez a visa to come to the US and teach at Harvard.

Sandino pins and bears

As part of our fundraising efforts, we are selling Sandino pins and teddy bears. Jeanne Nash, who makes both, says...

Minutes from EC meeting with the Embassy

Meeting Representatives of CEPRHI (Comité Ecuménico de Personal Religioso de Habla Inglesa) with the Consul General of the United States Embassy in Nicaragua, Luís Espada Platel.

May 24, 2005

Present:
Nan McCurdy, United Methodist Church Missionary
Lillian Hall, Quaker
Becca Mohally Renk, Quaker
Jennifer Tee, Presbyterian
Jim Felps, Unaffiliated
Doug Orbaker, Presbyterian Church Missionary
Steve Herrick, Presbyterian Church Missionary
Grant Gallup, Priest of the Episcopalian Church
Maggie Fisher, Sister of Charity

Nan began by explaining that our group represents more than 120 US citizens living in Nicaragua from 20 different Catholic orders and Protestant denominations. Many members have been here for more than 20 years, but one member has been living in Nicaragua for more than 50 years.

Excerpts from Lillian Hall's diary in the late 1980s

“A ship in the harbor is safe, but it’s not what ships are for”,
Thomas Mann

September 10, 1986. La Cumplida State farm, Km 147 Carreterra a El Tuma, Department of Matagalpa.

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