The first week of February has become a very special date for those people who are believers or interested in knowing more about religion - the UN celebrated the World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW). Its objectives are “to promote concord between all people regardless of their faith” and to increase “dialogue among different faiths to enhance mutual understanding, harmony and cooperation”.
There are many reasons to be positive about Nicaragua’s future, one of which is coffee.
Rivers run through me
Mountains bore into my body
And the geography of this country
Begins forming in me
Turning me into lakes, chasms, ravines,
Earth…
- Gioconda Belli, poet
This is a beautiful poem we found written by Gioconda Belli. Belli was an active participant in the Sandinista struggle against the Somoza dictatorship and her work for the movement led her being forced into exile in Mexico. We felt like it was a striking poem to use as an introduction for our time so far in Nicaragua.
