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Winnie Narváez Herrera interviewed Yadira Aguirre and Margine Martínez, members of a housing co-operative in a small rural community in La Dalia in mountainous northern Nicaragua. Like every other country, Nicaragua needs more affordable housing. To address  the shortage, in many places community-based solutions are being implemented through shared responsibility between the government, the local […]

We mourn the passing of Doña Irma who has died at the age of 76. Dona Irma was a member of the Gloria Quintanilla Women’s Co-operative set up with the support of NSC’s partner organisation the Rural Workers Association (ATC) in 2008. In a testimony given to members of a 2019 delegation organised by Friends […]

On 9 August the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued the starkest report ever warning of the ‘code red for humanity’ of the climate emergency. However the scientists also stated that a catastrophe can be avoided but only if the world acts fast. UN Secretary General António Guterres said: “If we combine forces […]

Despite Covid isolations and Met Office warnings of lightning and thunder- storms over 150 people turned out for the 33rd Copa Sandino football for Nicaragua tournament organised by the Bristol Link with Nicaragua (BLINC). The afternoon was bathed in Bristol sunshine as people tried the pop- up Colombian food stall and watched the teams battling […]

Today, 19th July,  is the 42nd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution NSC joins nearly 200 US based organisations in calling for the US to stop interfering in Nicaragua’s internal affairs by promoting regime change. Why NSC’s partner organisation the Rural Workers Association (ATC) will be celebrating today  The ATC denounces the danger of US imposed […]

In December 2020, UN general secretary, Antonio Guterres, warned that humans are waging a “suicidal” war against the natural world, which is “devastating our planet. Nature is striking back with gathering fury, biodiversity is collapsing….” ————————————————————————— Nicaragua is a small Central American country roughly the size of England and Wales with a population of 6.5 […]

Wednesday 16 June, 7 – 8.30pm BST Organised by Friends of the ATC and the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Join us to find out about the long struggle of the women of the Gloria Quintanilla Co-operative whose organising has transformed the lives of their whole community through their commitment to food sovereignty, agroecology, gender equality and land rights. Based […]

The video tells the story of the long struggle of the women of the Gloria Quintanilla Co-operative whose organising has transformed the lives of the whole community through their commitment to food sovereignty, agroecology, gender equality and land rights. Based in the rural community of Santa Julia south of Managua, the cooperative was set up […]

According to *Dr Paul Oquist, the former head of the Nicaraguan COP Delegation and author of Equilibra: The Philosophy and Political Economy of Existence and Extinction, there are two keys to saving climate change negotiations. The first is increasing the level of ambition, commitment and action to cut carbon emissions particularly on the part of […]

An April report of the International Energy Agency  report, predicts  that global energy related carbon emissions  are  set to sky-rocket in 2021. It could mark the second biggest annual rise in global energy related emissions in history, predominantly driven by  increased use and investment in coal by the US and China. Such contributions to the […]

It is with great sorrow that we report that Dr Paul Oquist died in Managua on 13 April at the age of 78. A truly great man, always very warm, humble, respectful and with an encyclopaedic capacity to absorb, analyse and communicate complex information. In NSC’s work on climate justice and Nicaragua’s right to national […]