Category Archives: Nicaragua

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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The #Ometepe2015 Project

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Jeffrey

CoDevelopment Canada needs to raise $4000 by November 2015 to support our #Ometepe2015 Project! Many ways to donate: Canada Helps, CHIMP, Go Fund Me, Indie GoGo.

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David Noble and His Delegation Experience

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Jeffrey

Amazing. Life changing. Rewarding. That’s how David Noble, winner of last year’s Membership Draw, describes his experience on a recent delegation to Nicaragua and Honduras to meet with MEC and CODEMUH, two women’s organizations that work with maquila or sweatshop … Continue reading →

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Viva las mujeres centroamericanas! Viva!

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Jeffrey

Long live Central American women! CoDev’s Executive Director, Barbara Wood is leading a delegation of Canadian Partners to Nicaragua and Honduras to meet with the women’s organization partners that work in the Maquila or sweatshop sector. She writes from Nicaragua.

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