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The Copa Sandino football for Nicaragua tournament in Bristol has been going every year since 1987 (apart from the Covid year). Over this time the event has raised tens of thousands of pounds for a range of solidarity, health, education and development projects in Nicaragua. On 2 June, in Nica like blistering sunshine, over 200 people […]

Fairtrade is both the bridge and the vehicle that helps to transform the wellbeing of the families of small-scale producers. There cannot be climate justice without justice in the market for our products. ‘ Fatima Ismael, general manager, Union of Co-operatives, SOPPEXCCA. Nicaraguan Fairtrade coffee farmer, Flora Montenegro, has been in Bristol from 29 April […]

The climate crisis has many dimensions: social, political, economic, environmental, moral, ethical, and ideological. The way out of the crisis must address the root cause: the endless, limitless, mindless accumulation and concentration of capital on a planet with finite resources.Valdrak Jaentschke, head of the Nicaragua delegation to COP28 In turn, climate justice must be multi […]

A reconfiguration of global power is playing out as rage escalates internationally at the refusal of the US, UK and other allies to call for an immediate cease fire in Gaza and to take concrete action to ensure it is implemented by Israel. But what is likely to happen if Israel and the US continue […]

For the girls and young women who took part in this Cup of Peace (Copa de Paz) football tournament in Granada on 15 September it was about much more than football. The girls from one of the participating teams (see above) have written on their banner what it means to them: respect, love, friendship, and […]

Nirad is 24 and a member of the abolitionist coalition No More Exclusions who works with primary schools and trainee teachers in Birmingham. He writes about his experiences on a Friends of the ATC delegation to the Southern Caribbean Coast autonomous region in June 2023. I was part of this delegation because I was interested […]

Popular education facilitator *Winnie Narváez Herrera reports on how public institutions and the Victorias de Noviembre housing  co-operative have worked together not only to build houses but also to strengthen their local community. In Latin America, the problem of housing quality is even more serious than the problem of not having a home, and this […]

Since its inception in 1993, La Via Campesina (LVC),  a global movement of small-scale farmers and indigenous peoples, has been developing and putting into practice peasant feminism that is rooted in the life experiences of rural women and recognises that all life forms are interconnected. Small scale farmers and workers in rural areas have traditionally […]

NSC chair James Poke interviews human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik about the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, why the spirit of the declaration became so fragmented during the Cold War, and what this means today for countries like Nicaragua. JP: Can I start by asking you to describe the background to the international treaties […]

Susana lives with her family in the remote community of El Porvenir in northern Nicaragua. An initial test in a private clinic showed that she apparently had a large ovarian tumour, potentially cancerous. *Becca Renk tells the story of what happened next. I met Susana when the JDC- CDCA (Jubilee House Community and its project, […]

The first NSC brigade spent four months working on a school building project, part of the Sandinista government’s rural education programme. During the time the brigade was in Nicaragua the Sandinistas won free and fair elections. Despite this the full force of the Reagan administration military, economic and political war on Nicaragua continued with support from […]

 *Becca Renk, who has lived and worked in Nicaragua for the past  22 years, contrasts neoliberal and Sandinista government health care models. Neoliberal health care 1990 – 2007 State-of-the-art public hospitals – or even ones that aren’t actively violating basic hygiene protocols – are a relatively new phenomenon. During 16 years of neoliberal rule health […]