Category Archives: Nicaragua

Urgent Action: Solidarity with Nicaraguan Women’s Rights Organizations

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Jeffrey

Solidarity with Maria Elena Cuadra Movement of Employed and Unemployed Women (MEC), and other Nicaraguan women’s rights organizations.

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COVID Update: Nicaragua

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Jeffrey

Nicaragua – MEC (Maria Elena Cuadra Movement of Employed and Unemployed Women) The world pandemic is not only affecting the global economy, it is also having a devastating impact on the local economies, particularly in developing countries. In Nicaragua, according … Continue reading →

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CoDev on the Crisis in Nicaragua

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Jeffrey

Since the terrible crisis that has wracked Nicaragua since mid-April first erupted, CoDev, fearful of taking actions that could exacerbate divisions or abet US destabilization in the region, has restricted ourselves to simply posting information from our Nicaraguan partners.

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Appeal from Nicaragua: Sandra Ramos of MEC

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Jeffrey

Nicaragua’s Maria Elena Cuadra Movement of Employed and Unemployed Women (MEC) has been partner of CoDev since the mid-1990s. For more than 25 years MEC has defended workers’ rights in the country’s free trade zones where many assembly-for-export maquilas (sweatshops) … Continue reading →

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