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Webinars and Videos

Our videos and webinars provide real life perspectives from the point of view of our Nicaraguan partner organisations and their members.

Webinar recording Advances in Labour Relations
(2022, 1 hour, 30 min)

This webinar, held jointly with Alliance for Global Justice, focussed on labour relations in Nicaragua, including questions such as how the current situation compare with the previous neoliberal years? How have trade union rights been restored since 2007? How are wages and benefits negotiated?

Nicaragua, Climate Justice & Agroecology (2022, 7 minutes)

In November 2020, two catastrophic hurricanes devastated Central America, especially impacting Nicaragua with significant loss of lives and livelihoods, underscoring the severe effects of climate breakdown on vulnerable regions. La Via Campesina (LVC), a global movement of peasants and indigenous peoples, is leading the struggle for climate justice, emphasizing that the climate crisis is a systemic issue driven by unsustainable capitalism. Nicaraguan peasant farmers from the Rural Workers Association (ATC) highlight the hurricanes’ impact, while LVC’s vision for climate justice centers on agroecology and food sovereignty as essential components for sustainable and equitable solutions.

Webinar recording Nicaragua: Fairtrade, Hurricanes and Climate Justice (2021, 1 hours 12 minutes)

The UCA SOPPEXCCA, based in northern Nicaragua, consists of 650 members producing Fairtrade coffee for export and organic produce for local consumption and sale. In November 2020, two unprecedented hurricanes hit Nicaragua, highlighting the climate crisis’s impact on small-scale producers like those from SOPPEXCCA, who suffer the most despite being the least responsible. A webinar discussed the climate injustice’s effects on these producers’ lives and livelihoods, illustrating how Fairtrade’s trade justice helps mitigate the impact and emphasizing the inseparability of trade justice, social justice, and climate justice. The event was co-hosted by Bristol Link with Nicaragua and the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign.

Recording of webinar What difference has 14 years of Sandinista government made? (2021)

The election victory of the Sandinista government in November 2006  brought to an end 16 years of neoliberal governments.

This webinar looked at the progress made over fourteen years in terms of achieving poverty reduction and ending hunger as outlined in the UN Millennium Development Goals and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Webinar recording The Nicaraguan Revolution – Past, Present and Future, the threat of a good example’ (2020)

With the election of the FSLN to government in 2006, Nicaragua’s revolution entered it second phase, building on the the social, economic and political advances that have been the revolution’s hallmarks.

Speakers from Nicaragua discussed the periods from 1979 to the present  day, looking at how the revolution has underpinned Nicaragua’s democracy and transformed the lives of Nicaragua’s people.

Webinar recording Fighting blockades & COVID-19: Why US sanctions in Latin America must end (2020)

This webinar was held jointly with the Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Campaigns. Speakers discussed the impact that US policies are having on their people and why there is need to step up the campaign of solidarity and for the blockades and sanctions to end.

Video Nicaraguan women: transforming lives, protecting the land (2021, 8 minutes)

This video tells the story of the long struggle of the Gloria Quintanilla Women Co-operative. Supported by the Rural Workers Association (ATC), the Co-op has transformed the lives of the whole community through their commitment to food sovereignty, agroecology, gender equality and land rights.

As defenders of the rights of women and girls, the co-operative is building an understanding and legacy for the community that “men and women are born with equal rights and equal opportunities.”

As small scale farmers and guardians of the environment, agroecology is fundamental: “We use agroecology because in this way we take care of our farms, our health and (the wellbeing) of future generations.”

Video Land, agroecology, & peasant identity: the experience of young people (2020,8 minutes)

Millions of people in peasant and  indigenous people’s globally  are fighting to transform their communities based on the values of respect for social, economic and environmental justice.

This video features Migdalia Cruz, a graduate of the Latin America Agroecology Institute (IALA) Ixim Ulew in Nicaragua, and Marlen Sanchez, director of IALA.

Migdalia describes the holistic way in which the course, based on popular education, integrates political, social and technical training.

She also talks about her pride in being a campesina and how she has applied what she learnt within her family and community. “The task we have is to recover the land and our identity as young campesinxs, to have our own land to grow food in a holistic, diversified way.

Video National Education Union (NEU) Teacher Exchange (2017)

In 2017, a group of teachers from the NEU (NUT Section) visited Nicaragua on an exchange visit with their Nicaraguan counterparts.

This uplifting and inspiring video is an excellent example of practical solidarity in action. A further exchange took place in 2022 and another is planned for 2024.