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Nicaragua Coffee Crisis

History seems to be repeating itself in Nicaragua. Thousands of poor landless coffee workers once more squatter along the highways, facing a life-or-death situation being victims of unfortunate circumstances, which has lead to massive unemployment and hunger.

::	Coffee pickers consider return to roadsides
	11 September 2003
	Thousands of desperate coffee workers are threatening to return to major intersections and the roadside along the Pan-American highway in northern Nicaragua.

::	Coffee workers march for their lives again
	18 August 2003
	MS development worker Erika Brenner reports about the third coffee worker march in a row, about the present free trade negotiations with the US - and about a recent coffee competition with a Nicaraguan winner.

::	Five days on the road
	12 September 2002
	Development worker Preben H. Rasmussen describes lifes as it is seen during the last five days of the crisis, next to the Inter American Highway, in the camp just South of Sébaco.

::	Same procedure as last year
	11 September 2002
	Just like last year, queues are these days part of everyday life on and along the Inter American Highway in Northern Nicaragua. One queue of landless coffee workers and another of vehicles.

::	Down the hill, after the curve
	10 September 2002
	Northern Nicaragua has two realities these days. The picturesque with green landscapes and hills – and the ugly with poverty, hopelessness and hunger. You never know what awaits you down the hill, after the curve.

::	Photo gallery from Sébaco & El Tuma
	10 September 2002
	Images from roadside camps and blockings.

::	A difficult case to solve
	22 August 2001
	Politicians show little interest in the crisis in Central America, but 350 private organizations suggest a solution than can make Nicaragua less dependent on the global coffee market.