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This April 19 marks one year since the beginning of the Nicaraguan popular rebellion, which went quickly from a struggle against neoliberal pension reform to a true popular and youth rebellion that managed to put the dictatorship in check for several weeks.

In the last decade, policies against workers established by imperialism, and applied by its puppet governments, are facing resistance from the peoples of Central America. Such policies were introduced to bring a solution to the economic crisis and colonization of natural resources by foreign companies.

Carlos Andrés Perez, 27 years old, was sentenced for two years in jail without parole for joining protests against the fiscal plan in Costa Rica.

Last night (on 9/25/18), a letter and a broadcast by President Carlos Alvarado were disseminated on national television and radio. It referred to the country in the verge of a crisis, but it did not answer the actual question: who are the true responsible?

Since the beginning Of 2016, Jouseth Chaves and Francisco Cruz have been at the front line of the process of organization of workers of the company Exportaciones Norteñas S.A., pineapple producer, in the border zone of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, more precisely in Santa Fe de Los Chiles, Alajuela province.

Since the beginning Of 2016, Jouseth Chaves and Francisco Cruz have been at the front line of the process of organization of workers of the company Exportaciones Norteñas S.A., pineapple producer, in the border zone of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, more precisely in Santa Fe de Los Chiles, Alajuela province.

He was born on July 25, 1963. He had a tough life since childhood: his father died when he was 3, so he had to work to help his family. He used to say that, when he was 9, he was already a pawn in the neighbors’ farms to provide for his family. Santiago became […]

 Agroservicios Santa Fe and Tropical Fruits recognize SITRASEP and accept its terms.  At 4:00 am this morning, an assembly composed by workers on strike approved the agreement negotiated amongst SITRASEP (Private Sector’s Workers’ Union) and the companies Tropical Fruits Exportin and Agroservicios Santa Fe, puting an end to the strike. On the agreement, the companies […]