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‘Come see Nicaragua’s reality for yourself’
Challenging critics of the Sandinista government, the young Nicaraguan union leader FLAVIA OCAMPO speaks to Roger McKenzie about the nation’s progressive health system and how trade unions have been at the centre of social progress
FIRST-HAND VIEW: Flavio Ocampo says Nicaragua has been a victim of deliberate fake news and people should judge for themselves by visiting the country

FLAVIA OCAMPO has a really infectious revolutionary spirit.

I interviewed the young Nicaraguan trade union leader while she was in Birmingham as a guest of the Unison West Midlands International Forum.

As I spoke with Ocampo, I was reminded of the words of the legendary Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara when he said: “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.”

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