Update on the Current Situation in Nicaragua with Trish O'Kane

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On March 23, 2022 Arturo McFields, Nicaragua's ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) resigned and denounced the Ortega government in Nicaragua for acting as a dictatorship, imprisoning hundreds, and effectively shutting down civil society, during a meeting at the OAS. Local writer and educator Trish O'Kane joins us to give an update on what this means and the current state of Nicaragua along with some historical context.

From Trish's website:

An environmental educator who uses action-research to promote environmental and social justice, Dr. Trish O’Kane created the “Birding to Change the World” service learning course and program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison while completing her doctorate. She believes in harnessing the power of passionate, knowledgeable and energetic students to help solve community and global problems.

Before studying the natural sciences, Trish worked as a human and civil rights investigative journalist for a decade in Central America and five years in the Deep South. In Guatemala she worked for the United Nations investigating massacres perpetrated by the Guatemalan military. In Alabama, she conducted research on white supremacist groups for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Trish has also taught writing in a women's prison. Author of "Guatemala: The People, Politics and Culture," she has written for major media including The New York Times.

For more information: trishokane.org

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