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Canadian Action for Nicaragua
http://www.connexions.org/Groups/Subscribers/CxG6963.htmYear Published: 1979 Resource Type: Organization Cx Number: CX1011 Canadian Action for Nicaragua is a coalition of about twenty-five organizations plus a number of individuals wishing to support reconstruction in Nicaragua. Abstract: Connexions has published multiple abstracts on Canadian Action for Nicaragua. - - - This abstract was published in Connexions Digest in 1979: Formed in July, Canadian Action for Nicaragua is a coalition of about twenty-five organizations plus a number of individuals wishing to support reconstruction in Nicaragua. Its purposes include pressuring the Canadian government to provide aid to Nicaragua, lobbying international bodies to direct aid there,collaborating with and facilitating other non-governmental organizations in providing financial and material assistance, raising money to send directly to Nicaragua, and providing information to the press to counter distorted analysis. The group supports the Unity of Direction of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the appointed government to National Reconstruction. They have already begun to lobby with the Red Cross and the Canadian government, have met with the Metro Labour Council Executives and urged them to meet with the CLC. As a result, the Metro Labour Council has opened a depot for donations of food, clothing and medical supplies. The goup also supports the Medical Aid to Nicaragua Campaign launched by Oxfam Canada. - - - This abstract was published in Connexions Digest in 1982: Canadian Action for Nicaragua ( CAN) is broad-based coalition of thirty concerned political groups an individuals. CAN's aim is to support Nicaragua's reconstruction through direct aid and to build ties of friendship and understanding. CAN has provided funds towards Nicaragua's reconstruction through direct aid and to build ties of friendship and understanding . CAN has provided funds towards Nicaragua's Literacy Crusade ($30,000 raised through a matching funds programme in 1980), Health Campaign, and its Bread with Dignity campaign( initaited in response to the U.S. government's boycott of wheat sales). More recently CAN's energies have foccssed on countering the mounting threats of political, economic, and military intervention by the Reagan administration. CAN has sponsored a series of educationals and discussions with Nicaraguan representatives- Marta Medina, Chester Perez, Olga Aviles, and other knowledgeable sources. CAN sees this dissemination of information on realities on realities in Nicaragua as essential to countering the Haig - Reagan line. Canadian Action for Nicaragua lobbies the Canadian government extensively to provide direct bilateral aid to Nicaragua and to officially protest U.S. policy in the region. To this end CAM initiated the October 31, 1981 Toronto demonstration against the U.S. intervention in Central America and the Carribean. The coalition also circulated a national petition calling on the Canadian government to condemn the attacks against Nicaragua by the U.S. government. Readers are invited to make a donation to the Health and Bread with Dignity campaigns or to the ongoing work of CAN ( please specify). To be on CAN's mailing list send $5 for on year. New members are welcomed and needed. Subject Headings |