Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation

US govt funds coup media

How US govt-funded media fueled a violent coup in Nicaragua

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton·June 12, 2021

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton investigate how the United States funded violent far-right groups and media outlets that... Read More

Nicaragua USAID fund right wing opposition

How USAID created Nicaragua’s anti-Sandinista media apparatus, now under money laundering investigation

Ben Norton·June 1, 2021

With tens of millions of dollars over years of work, CIA front USAID helped create and train Nicaragua’s... Read More

Nicaragua peace media bias

Biden admin smears Nicaragua as ‘dictatorship’ for forcing US-funded, coup-plotting NGOs to register as foreign agents

Ben Norton·February 11, 2021

Nicaragua’s elected leftist government passed a law requiring NGOs funded by outside governments to register as foreign agents,... Read More