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“We are the ones who feed the world. We provide 70-80% of the food you eat yet our voices are missing. Only the voices of agribusiness are allowed to speak, what we are witnessing is corporate capture of UN systems. Private finance, not governments are making the decisions”.  Land Workers Alliance/La Via Campesina commenting on […]

Bristol based Friends of Morazan has funded the construction of 13 pre-schools in their twin town of Puerto Morazan near the border with Honduras. Local volunteers, some of whom have children at the school, helped in the construction. The new building, based in a barrio of a small community called Tonola, is closer to more […]

The remote coastal community of Haulover on the Caribbean Coast was struck by two catastrophic hurricanes in two weeks in November 2020. A year on, British film maker Ahmed Kaballo visited to find out what progress the community had made in rebuilding their lives and livelihoods. Located in the Northern Caribbean Autonomous Region (RACN), Haulover […]

Many years ago Luis Chávez Delgadillo  had to leave Nicaragua during a period of neoliberal government because there were no prospects of being able to make a living.  In Mexico and Guatemala he learned a trade as a leather craftsman. However, six years ago he returned to Nicaragua to discover a country very different from […]

‘ 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, Co-operative Union SOPPEXCCA What is SOPPEXCCA and what are its goals? SOPPEXCCA is located in the department of […]

12 online classes held weekly on Mondays starting 28 February If you want to learn Spanish with a Latin American flavour, the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign is the place for you. We have fun and friendly evening classes teaching various levels at reasonable prices. Term dates: 21 FEBRUARY – 30 MAY 2022 Easter and Midterm break: […]

Jorge Capelan interviewed Leonel Rivera, Managua representative of the Ministry of the Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy (MEFCCA), to find out more about how the government is supporting this key sector. Over a three year period Nicaragua has faced four major crises: an attempted coup, two devastating hurricanes, and the Covid pandemic and permanent […]

Winnie Narváez Herrera is a young Nicaraguan who lives in Esteli.  In September she joined an international brigade – mostly of young people from the US – who spent some time on the campus of the Latin America Agroecological Institute (IALA) Ixim Ulew. Winnie describes her experiences  of working alongside the students and internationalistas and […]