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In November 2020 two catastrophic hurricanes of unprecedented strength struck Nicaragua, a consequence of the climate crisis. This came at a time when the country was already reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic and US sanctions. Winds of up to 155mph and torrential rain struck at the worst possible time and destroyed  coffee and food crops […]

On 2 March the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health (MINSA), began vaccinations prioritising highly vulnerable patients in two hospitals in Managua. These were Sputnik-V vaccines from the Russian Federation and 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by India. A further shipment of 135,000 doses arrived on 16 March as part of the World Health Organisation’s COVAX […]

This was the message from representatives from the Co-operative Union (UCA) SOPPEXCCA at a webinar co-hosted by NSC and the Bristol Link with Nicaragua to mark Fairtrade Fortnight. We are very grateful to SOPPEXCCA general manager  Fatima Ismael  and producer Erika Lanzas Rodas for  their inspiring presentations and to Roy Kareem, Bristol Black and Green  […]

Thursday 4 March, 7 – 8.15pm GMT, 1-2.15pm Nicaragua Speakers: Fatima Ismael, general manager, Agricultural Co-operative Union (UCA) SOPPEXCCA Erika Lanzas Rodas, Fairtrade coffee grower, UCA SOPPEXCCA Facilitator: Bristol Black and Green Ambassador (TBC) Description: The UCA SOPPEXCCA, based in northern Nicaragua, has 650 members producing Fairtrade coffee, and organic fruit and vegetables for their […]

Summary of webinar on 10 February, co-hosted by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign and Friends of the ATC Speakers: Guisell Morales, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the UK; Rosalina Gutierrez, small-scale farmer, general secretary of the Rural Workers Association (ATC) in Jinotega; Amaru Torrez, ATC, Central America representative to the Climate Justice Collective of La Via Campesina Facilitator: […]

Wednesday 10 February, 7 – 8.30pm GMT NSC is glad to partner with Friends of the Rural Workers Association (ATC) to offer an opportunity to learn directly from those at the forefront of a global struggle for climate justice. Find out about the impact of two major hurricanes on the lives of small-scale farmers, another […]

In the lead up to COP26 in November this year,  the Nicaraguan representative Dr Paul Oquist, argues that the high level of social and economic destruction caused by Covid-19 and its impact on humanity will be ‘small, transient and recoverable’ compared with the potential total, irreversible destruction of the climate crisis. This is a view […]

Produced by Friends of the ATC and the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign In November 2020, two catastrophic hurricanes struck Central America and left behind lost lives, lost livelihoods and destruction on an unprecedented scale. Once again, countries who bear little responsibility for the climate crisis suffer the most from intensifying climate breakdown. In this context, the […]

COP26, the last chance to avoid ‘climate disaster’ In November this year in Glasgow, the UK government will host COP26 with 30,000 delegates, heads of state, climate experts and campaigners. It will not only be the biggest summit the UK has ever hosted, but also the most critical to addressing the greatest threat that we […]

Our Nicaraguan partner organisation, the Rural Workers Association (ATC), is a member organisation of La Via Campesina (LVC), a global movement of millions of peasants (small scale farmers) and indigenous peoples. Transnational agribusinesses have turned food production and consumption into one of the greatest hazards for people and the planet. A small number of companies […]

One of the worst ever Atlantic hurricanes struck Central America in October 1998 causing over 11,000 fatalities, 3,800 of them in Nicaragua.  In addition there was destruction on an immense scale of homes, livelihoods and infrastructure. In the wake of the hurricane, agroecologist and economist Eric Holt-Gimenez, wrote his doctoral dissertation about farming practices in […]

‘We need a change of mindset, from one of transforming nature to one of transforming ourselves.’ Dr Paul Oquist, Minister-Private Secretary for National Policy,’  Nicaraguan representative to UN agencies on climate change, and former co-chair of the UN Green Climate Fund. In his book Equilibra: The Philosophy and Political Economy of Existence and Extinction, Dr […]