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How China & Russia help Global South countries defend against US interventionism: Nicaragua explains
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China and Russia help formerly colonized countries in the Global South defend their sovereignty amid constant US meddling and aggression, argues Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, a Latin American country that has been invaded and militarily occupied by the USA multiple times. Ben Norton reports on the history of the Sandinista Revolution, and the struggle against Western imperialism.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-xjUmwZxQY
Topics
0:00 Global South is Global Majority
0:54 US interventions in Latin America
1:59 US imperialism in Nicaragua
3:12 CIA-backed Contras
5:18 Coup attempts in Nicaragua
6:03 China builds infrastructure
7:58 Nicaragua praises China & Russia
9:22 (CLIP) Daniel Ortega on China & Russia
10:11 46th anniversary of Sandinista Revolution
11:04 (CLIP) Ortega on European colonialism
11:33 US colonialist William Walker
13:19 (CLIP) Daniel Ortega on US imperialism
13:47 US military occupation & Sandino
14:32 Somoza dictatorship
15:22 US Contra war
16:29 (CLIP) Ortega on the Contras
17:54 ICJ case Nicaragua v USA
19:20 Inspirations for Sandinistas
20:17 (CLIP) Ortega on Haitian Revolution
21:43 Simón Bolívar on US imperialism
22:34 Algerian Revolution
23:00 Russian & Chinese Revolutions
23:13 (CLIP) Revolutions in Russia & China
23:46 USSR & China defeated fascism in WWII
25:13 Remilitarization of Europe
25:54 (CLIP) Ortega: West prepares for war
26:34 Fascism has roots in European colonialism
27:36 (CLIP) Ortega on fascism & colonialism
29:57 Palestine
31:07 (CLIP) Daniel Ortega on Palestine
32:01 Iran
32:23 UN is dominated by Western powers
32:59 United Nations & Miguel d'Escoto
34:19 UN can't stop illegal US wars
34:56 (CLIP) Ortega: We need a new UN
36:03 Global South perspectives
37:21 Outro
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