Luis Almagro

PHOTOS: Ethically challenged OAS Chief Almagro canoodles aide following Venezuela regime-change junket

The Grayzone has obtained photographs of OAS chief Luis Almagro displaying romantic intimacy with his former top aide, possibly while she worked in his office. Almagro’s conduct is the subject of an internal OAS investigation over concerns his relationship violated the organization’s code of ethics. On October 7, the Associated Press revealed that OAS Secretary General and fanatical regime change activist Luis Almagro is facing an internal investigation by the multi-lateral body over a potentially improper affair he carried out […]

Nicaragua’s foreign minister: We’re resisting a ‘pandemic of neo-colonialism’

The Grayzone’s Ben Norton sat down for an interview with Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada to discuss the country’s decision to leave the OAS, attempts to build an international alliance against US unilateralism, and what an anti-imperialist foreign policy looks like. (Puede leer esta entrevista en español aquí.) Transcript BEN NORTON: This is Ben Norton with The Grayzone. I am in Nicaragua’s Foreign Ministry, and I just sat down for an interview with Foreign Minister Denis Moncada. We talked about […]

‘Preso político’ nicaragüense liberado bajo la presión de EEUU fue luego capturado con explosivos planeando un ataque terrorista

Un extremista de derecha arrestado durante un intento de golpe de estado en 2018 en Nicaragua, que fue catalogado por ONGs como un “preso político” y fue liberado bajo una fuerte presión estadounidense, fue encontrado más tarde con explosivos, armas y drogas, planeando un ataque terrorista. Por Benjamín Norton You can read this article in English here. MANAGUA, NICARAGUA – Un extremista de derecha nicaragüense que fue calificado de “preso político” por una ONG financiada por el gobierno de Estados […]

‘Preso político’ nicaragüense liberado bajo la presión de EEUU fue luego capturado con explosivos planeando un ataque terrorista

Un extremista de derecha arrestado durante un intento de golpe de estado en 2018 en Nicaragua, que fue catalogado por ONGs como un “preso político” y fue liberado bajo una fuerte presión estadounidense, fue encontrado más tarde con explosivos, armas y drogas, planeando un ataque terrorista. Por Benjamín Norton You can read this article in English here. MANAGUA, NICARAGUA – Un extremista de derecha nicaragüense que fue calificado de “preso político” por una ONG financiada por el gobierno de Estados […]

Nicaraguan ‘political prisoner’ freed under US pressure later caught with explosives planning terrorist attack

A right-wing extremist arrested during a 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, who was listed by NGOs as a “political prisoner” and was freed under heavy US pressure, was later found with explosives, guns, and drugs, plotting a terror attack. By Ben Norton Puedes leer este informe en español aquí. MANAGUA, NICARAGUA – A Nicaraguan right-wing extremist who was dubbed a “political prisoner” by a US government-funded NGO and subsequently freed under pressure by Washington has once again been arrested. The […]

Nicaraguan ‘political prisoner’ freed under US pressure later caught with explosives planning terrorist attack

A right-wing extremist arrested during a 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua, who was listed by NGOs as a “political prisoner” and was freed under heavy US pressure, was later found with explosives, guns, and drugs, plotting a terror attack. By Ben Norton Puedes leer este informe en español aquí. MANAGUA, NICARAGUA – A Nicaraguan right-wing extremist who was dubbed a “political prisoner” by a US government-funded NGO and subsequently freed under pressure by Washington has once again been arrested. The […]

U.S. govt-linked PR firm ran fake news networks for right-wing Latin American regimes

A Washington, DC-based PR firm linked to the US government and Democratic Party, CLS Strategies, ran a fake news network on Facebook and Instagram, spreading propaganda for Bolivia’s coup regime and the right-wing opposition in Venezuela and Mexico. By Ben Norton A major US PR firm located just a few blocks from the White House has been caught running an industrial grade propaganda operation on social media. The information warfare blitzkrieg relied on fake accounts and pages to spread disinformation […]