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Learning from Nicaragua
Our delegation found a small but brave and bold socialist nation that has withstood imperialist machinations and poisonous slander to make impressive leaps in healthcare and women’s rights, reports VETERANS FOR PEACE
GENDER EQUALITY: A woman holds a Sandinista party flag at International Women’s Day in Managua, Nicaragua, March 8 2023
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IN a powerful demonstration of international solidarity, seven members of Veterans For Peace (VFP) visited Nicaragua in mid-to-late March as an official VFP delegation. Veterans from five US states flew to Nicaragua on March 19 for a week-long visit to community clinics, regional colleges, vocational schools, youth groups and mayors in several Nicaraguan cities, including the capital Managua, Matagalpa, Masaya and Ciudad Sandino.
The veterans were most impressed to learn that Nicaragua, the third-poorest country in the Western hemisphere, is providing free, high-quality healthcare and education for all its people.
Delegation participants were VFP vice president Joshua Shurley, VFP board member Gerry Condon, VFP communications director Chris Smiley, at-large member Alvin Glatkowski, and Daniel Shea, Douglas Ryder and Michael Kramer, presidents of their respective VFP chapters in Portland, Oregon; Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, and Northern New Jersey.
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