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‘Medicine Walk’ Featured in SBLitJo
Santa Barbara Literary Journal released ‘Bellatrix: Volume 3’ in June 2019, which among adventurous fiction, poetry, essays, and lyrics, features an excerpt of Jack Eidt’s psychic-animism fiction, Medicine Walk. Buy the book!
Nicaragua Archive
Miskitu Stories: ‘Crazy Sickness’ and the Duendes of the Wild
Posted on June 12, 2019 | 4 CommentsAs outbreaks of "crazy sickness" continue to afflict Nicaraguan Miskitu towns and villages, we revisit the story of the Duhindu of Kambla, or how the community overcame their first case of this "culture-bound syndrome," blamed on the dark supernatural forces out of the wild bush.Miskitu Legend: The Mangoes of the Dead
Posted on May 28, 2019 | 3 CommentsA story from the Nicaraguan Miskitu People about the mango trees planted to feed the dead in the cemetery, and the fear of stealing the ripe fruits.12 Reasons to Try Elliott Abrams in the International Criminal Court
Posted on February 15, 2019 | No CommentsDonald Trump appointed Elliott Abrams as “Special Envoy to Venezuela” to help facilitate regime change in that country by the United States. This nod marks Mr. Abrams' third assignment in U.S. Republican administrations. The following is a brief background of his career, summarized by Rachel Bruhnke.Rama People Fear End of Culture from Nicaraguan Interoceanic Canal
Posted on April 16, 2016 | No CommentsThe indigenous Rama people of Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast speak out in a new documentary against an inter-oceanic canal which threatens their ancestral land, language, and traditional culture.Berta Cáceres: Rebel Guardian of the Rivers, ¡Presente!
Posted on March 12, 2016 | 1 CommentBerta Cáceres was assassinated by Honduran government-backed death squads on March 3. She fought for indigenous peoples’ power and for control over their own territories. She was not destined to die of old age. She spoke too much truth to power.Jack Eidt on the Nicaraguan Canal and Trans-Amazonian Railway
Posted on June 9, 2015 | 1 CommentJack Eidt of WilderUtopia spoke on the dangerous race for global control by the Chinese through mega-development projects such as the Gran Canal of Nicaragua and the Trans-Amazonian Railway, both with major human rights, ecological, and indigenous sovereignty consequences.Coffee and Climate Change: Morning Java Won’t Survive
Posted on February 11, 2015 | No CommentsClimate change affects coffee crops throughout the world, with extreme weather and virulent pests causing damage to yields and ruining the industry. Thus, kicking our addiction to oil will benefit coffee farmers as well as consumers.Kill the Messenger: Gary Webb and the Contra-Cocaine Connection
Posted on October 30, 2014 | 11 CommentsThe new movie, “Kill the Messenger,” recounts the brave Contra-cocaine reporting by Gary Webb and his subsequent destruction at the hands of the mainstream media. It forced devastating admissions from the CIA about drug trafficking by the Nicaraguan contra rebels under the protection of the Reagan Administration in the 1980s, writes Robert Parry.Nicaragua: Scientists Advise Scrapping Destructive Gran Canal
Posted on October 29, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) — the world's largest association of tropical biologists and conservationists — warns about the impact on water security and indigenous people from Nicaragua's Gran Canal.Great Canal of Nicaragua: Environmental Ruin and Fiscal Folly
Posted on May 21, 2014 | 6 CommentsA planned 300-kilometer Nicaraguan canal joining the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans could wreak environmental and cultural ruin, home of the Miskitu and other indigenous groups. Sam Gordon argues that many of the issues and impacts are hidden from public view and should require an independent environmental assessment.Miskitu Legend: Journey for Love into the Afterlife
Posted on October 20, 2013 | 2 CommentsA story from the Miskitu People (Miskito) of Caribbean Nicaragua, about a man who follows his beloved wife into the afterlife.
