This webinar compares the economic policies and public health systems in Honduras and Nicaragua, as both countries confront the challenges of global capitalism. How do these nations manage to resist a foreign-controlled extractive economic model – or aggressive attempts to force them “open for business”? How have they confronted the Covid pandemic, with what results?
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Jennifer Atlee coordinates the Friendship Office of the Americas, which fosters solidarity among the peoples of Nicaragua, Honduras, and the United States. She lived in Central America for several decades and authored Red Thread: A Spiritual Journal of Accompaniment, Trauma and Healing, chronicling her experiences in the contra war zones of Nicaragua.
James Phillips is the author of the recently published Extracting Honduras: Resource Exploitation, Displacement, and Forced Migration, detailing the frenzied US extraction of Honduran natural resources. He lived in Nicaragua for several years during the contra war.
John Perry lives and works in Masaya, Nicaragua. He has been writing about Honduras since the 2009 coup and currently focuses on the contradictions in US policy toward Central America, especially Nicaragua. He has been published in a number of journals including The Nation, Counterpunch, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).
Thanks to the Alliance for Global Justice for hosting this webinar series from September 2020 through October 2022. AfGJ continues as a co-sponsor as the series moves to a new hosting platform.