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Welcome to the
Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
Nicaragua at a glance
Since 2007 Nicaragua has reduced poverty by 23.4% and extreme poverty by 10.9%.
Nicaragua’s free universal health care system is based on an inclusive community & family health care model.
Education in Nicaragua is free from preschool through university & technical education.
Experts say “human rights industry” attacks on Nicaragua should be treated with skepticism.
Nicaragua ranks #7 in the world for gender equity, #1 in education for women & girls, & #1 for women in parliament.
Nicaragua has deeded nearly 1/3 of its land area to self-governing Indigenous communities.
Nicaragua is the safest country in the region and has a growing network of affordable community-based tourism.
Nicaragua has universal suffrage at 16 years of age, automatic voter registration and 65% voter turnout in most recent elections.
Nicaragua is #8 in the world for transition to renewable energy generation.
Progressive labor laws protect workers and support labor unions - 1.2 million Nicaraguans are union-affiliated.
Recent polls show that only 37% of Nicaraguans identify as Catholics, compared to 50% only a few years ago.
Nicaragua is subject to continuing US aggression yet uses international law to hold countries accountable for their actions.
Our Videos
March 2, 2025: Webinar. Brian Willson: Veteran, Peace Activist, Nicaraguan Citizen
This webinar is an interview with S. Brian Willson, a longtime peace activist who is now a Nicaraguan citizen.
Brian answered many audience questions, as well as the following queries: What were the most important factors that changed your political viewpoint and impelled you to take action? Why did you decide to move to Nicaragua, and what have you experienced and observed while living there? What message do you have for other activists and potential activists?
More background: Brian started life in a conservative small town in upstate New York, but he changed his political outlook as a result of life events including military experience in Vietnam. On September 1, 1987, he and other veterans blocked railroad tracks at the Concord, CA, naval station, to protest shipping US weapons to Central America. An approaching train did not stop, and Brian barely survived the impact, losing both legs below the knee as well as his right frontal lobe. After this attack, his activism only intensified. As a trained lawyer and writer, he has also documented US policy in over 20 countries including Nicaragua, which he made his permanent home several years ago.
With commentators: Michelle Munjanattu, trade unionist and internationalist, Friends of the ATC (Association of Rural Workers), NYC; Petros Bein, Black Alliance for Peace Baltimore coordinating Team
Co-moderated by Nan McCurdy & Barbara Larcom
May 18, 2025: Nicaraguan programs of maternal & child health: A cross-national comparison
Featured speakers describe the special programs that Nicaragua has put in place, such as the casas maternas (maternal wait homes) for women about to give birth, to protect and enhance the health of mothers and their children. They also compare health outcomes in Nicaragua and other nations, particularly the US. Here are examples of the remarkable achievements presented in this webinar: Since 2007 Nicaragua has reduced maternal mortality by 79.8%, reduced neonatal mortality by 62.5% and reduced infant mortality rates by 58.6%.
SPEAKERS:
Becca Renk, originally from Idaho, has lived and worked in Nicaragua for 25 years and directs a health clinic in Ciudad Sandino outside of Managua.
Magda Lanuza is the program manager of Casa Arlen Siu, a casa materna in El Sauce, Department of Leon.
Jameela Alexander, an active organizer in BAP & AAPRP from Baltimore, Maryland, visited Nicaragua for the first time in March as a member of the "Power & Protagonism: Women in Nicaragua" delegation. She is a worker/doula who previously studied village midwifery in Ecuador.
Co-moderated by Natalia Burdynska & Barbara Larcom