Speaker tour by Nicaraguan rural workers representativesĀ
From 26 Oct - 4 Nov Marlen Sanchez and Erika Takeo from the Nicaraguan Rural Workers Association (ATC) will be visiting London, Bristol and Birmingham to participate in events and to meet up with UK organisations such as the UK Landworkers Alliance. Food sovereignty, agroecology, climate justice, gender equality, internationalism, and...
Another way is possible: the example of Nicaragua
Solidarity event organised by NSC and NSCAG Saturday 29 October, 2.30 ā 4.30pm, in person only, Lift, 45 White Lion Street, London Ā N1 9PW Speakers: Francisco Dominguez, NSCAG Executive Committee Marlen Sanchez, Director of the Latin America Institute for Agroecology in Nicaragua, member of the international relations secretariat of the Rural Workers Association (ATC)...
Rural Workers Association (ATC) UK speaker tour 26 Oct ā 4 November
From 26 October ā 4 November Marlen Sanchez and Erika Takeo from the ATC will be doing a UK speaker tour co-ordinated by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign (NSC). Marlen is the director of the Latin America Institute for Agroecology (IALA) in Nicaragua and Erika is the co-ordinator of the solidarity network...
Training young agroecologists: the Latin American example
Based on the inspiration and pedagogy of the Brazilian educator Paolo Freire, the first Latin America Institute of Agroecology (IALA) was set up in Venezuela in 2006 with the backing of former President Hugo Chavez. Since then a continental network of agroecology schools has followed in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Brazil, Mexico,...
Wales, Nicaragua and Brazil: food sovereignty, agroecology & climate justice
What have three member organisations of La Via Campesina in apparently very different countries with populations varying from 3.2million to 212 million got in common? This was the theme of a workshop organised by the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign at the El Sueno Existe Latin America festival in Machynlleth on 5-7 August. The...
NSC Spanish classes starting Mon 12 Sept
Weekly classes on zoom starting Monday 12th September If you want to learn Spanish with a Latin American flavour, the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign is the place for you! Term dates: 12 Sep 2022Ā ā 28 NovĀ 2022 We will be teaching : Beginners ā NEW Beginners ā CONTINUING Beginners Plus Cost for the term: Ā£85 for one course...
A circular economy that binds communities together
Seventy per cent of Nicaraguaās workforce is employed in the social economy, a sector that not only generates 65% of GDP but has sustained the country through crises: the 2018 attempted coup, two major hurricanes in 2020 and the pandemic. In recognition of the importance of this sector, in 2012 the...
Peasant feminism: the rights of rural women
'Peasant feminism' is a term that first emerged from the Women's Assemblies of La Via Campesina (LVC) in 2013 with the drafting of a document entitled āPeasant and Popular Feminism.ā Peasant feminism distinguishes itself from what LVC sees as 'urban feminism' in that it is rooted in the rural environment and...
Training the next generation of agroecologists
The future of healthy, sustainable agriculture is in the hands of young people and the way forward is through agroecology. Dionys Melgara, Rural Workers Association (ATC) The first Latin American Agroecological Institute (IALA) was set up in 2006 in Venezuela through an agreement between the international movement La Via Campesina (LVC)...
Copa Sandino football tournament in Bristol: biggest and best ever
Under blazing sunshine over thirty teams took part with some coming from Cardiff and Birmingham. The Nicaraguan Embassy officials brought bottles of rum for the winning teams and chocolate for the referees! Money still coming in but so far Ā£2,600 raised for solidarity projects in Puerto Morazan including this yearās childrenās peace...