Catch up with what happened in Nicaragua's recent elections by reading NSC's handy election briefing.

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THREE PLACES FOR 2012 LONDON
MARATHON !

£50 entry fee and sponsorship target
£1,375. 

Funds raised will go towards Nicaragua Solidarity
Campaign's environmental work both here and in Nicaragua. A great
experience and a great cause. Go for it!!

Contact nsc@nicaraguasc.org.uk  www.nicaraguasc.org.uk

LEARN LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH with a Peruvian teacher
& help the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign! You can also ask for private lessons.
Classes will start on MONDAY JANUARY 9th and the term will be 12 weeks
Beginners 5.30pm – 6.30pm (tbc)
Beginners Plus 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Elementary 7.30pm – 8.30 pm
Intermediate 8.30pm – 9.30 pm
Cost: £100 a term (£75 concessions)
Venue: NSC, AT Durham Rd Centre, 86 Durham Rd, London N7 7DT .
Further details: 020 7561 4836 nsc@nicaraguasc.org.uk / www.nicaraguasc.org.uk
Easiest route: At Finsbury Park tube come through the tunnel leading on to Seven Sisters Rd and turn right. Durham Rd is the 2nd on the right and the building is on a corner near the other end of the road on the right. It is less than 10 minutes walk from the tube.

Followed by a Q&A with Director Pamela Yates

At the Frontline Club, London, April 1, 7pm: http://frontlineclub.com/events/2011/04/screening---granito-how-to-nail-...

Saturday 16 April. 10am-6pm, London

National Conference: Venezuela: Defending the majority, not punishing the poorest

Speakers: Ambassador Samuel Moncada, Henry Suarez - Venezuela historian, Juana Garcia - Ministry of Women, and Guisell Morales - Nicaraguan Embassy.

Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq, London WC1R 4RL (Holborn)

Further information: www.venezuelasolidarity.co.uk

Thursday 31 March, 6.30 – 8.30 pm, London

Central America Women’s Network (CAWN) is celebrating 20 years of work promoting women’s rights and gender equality in Central America.

Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA.

Evelyn Cuellar and Mercedes Lainez from CAWN’s partner organisation in Honduras will be speaking followed by a discussion and drinks reception.

For details of this and other events where Evelyn and Mercedes will be speaking see www.cawn.org

Bristol Link with Nicaragua (BLINC)

Tuesday, March 8

Contribution to International Women's Day with Nathalie Vivas (liaison of the Venezuelan Ambassador to the UK, and head of energy section), Jitzy Centeno (Fairtrade producer from Nicaragua), short documentary and a hot Nicaraguan meal.

Venue: La Ruca, 89 Glos Rd, Bristol BS7 8AS.

Food from 6pm and speakers from 7pm.

All profits will go to a women’s project in Nicaragua.

Tickets £10 from La Ruca or email: jessica.randall@uwe.ac.uk

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Yet more weather-related troubles for Central America. Reuters reports that Honduras and Nicaragua were hit by Tropical Storm Matthew on Friday, forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to evacuate and threatening damage to Central America's coffee and sugar crops.

Matthew, with winds of 45 mph (75 kph), moved inland over Nicaragua's Atlantic coast near the border with Honduras and is set to bring six to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) of rain over the weekend.

Rains soaked Honduras' isolated Mosquitia coast, only accessible by boat or plane, where poor indigenous groups live in precarious wood houses on riverbanks or near the sea. Many people left their homes to wait out the storm in temporary shelters.

The Nicaragua Network says in its latest bulletin that heavy rains have damaged infrastructure, affected crops, and raised the risk of disease in many parts of the country. Honduras and El Salvador have also been hit by storms. Here's the full report (for more news, visit www.nicanet.org):