FREE MISKITU! 2nd Annual Yapti Tasbaya Reclamation Benefit & Festival

Back in the 1980s, Central America was a major Cold War conflict zone as communists backed by the regimes in the Soviet Union and Cuba attempted to spread their influence. But few in the U.S. realize that the Nicaraguan Sandinista dictator of that era, Daniel Ortega, is back in power and again oppressing indigenous peoples along the country's Caribbean coast, an area that was a formerly independent country called Miskitu or Miskitia and whose people had been promised autonomy (see e.g. https://nacla.org/news/2016/12/09/indigenous-resistance-nicaragua%E2%80%99s-elections ).

If freedom lovers don't want the U.S. government or other world powers playing Global Policeman and bombing or invading other countries, it's up to us to play our part to create voluntary change by directly supporting independence movements, human rights, and freedom around the world.

Ercell Valcina Fleurima, daughter of the self-styled Miskitu matriarch in exile here in the Bay Area, writes:

"JOIN US for an evening of traditional Miskitu food, drinks, music, book signing & art. The Miskitu Atlantic Caribbean Coast was once an Ancient Kingdom that was thriving with coastal fishers, lobster divers , artisans, homeopathic practitioners and modern professionals. The land stretches from Nicaragua to Colombia. Today, the people are facing human rights rights violations and other atrocities such as environmental & ecological genocide. This grim fate all at the hands of a ruthless government. The abundant natural resources, the same ones that their people helped cultivate through harmonious relations between human and nature for ages, are depleted. Multinational companies' greed has stolen so much. Learn how you can help give these people a voice and save lives!"

Event is FREE, 18+, and open to the public. More details TBA.