Old Story, New Twist

Chemicals used on sugar cane causing Chronic Renal Insufficiency (CRI) in the workers is not a new story. Many people in and near Chichigalpa have been affected. But, an Upside Down World article presents a new twist.

Workers have seen up a camp outside the Ingenio San Antonio sugar cane company facility to call attention to the problem. But, the twist is that they are going after those that helped finance the facility.

These communities have joined together to file a complaint with the Compliance Advisory Ombudsman (CAO), the internal auditing office of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to demand that the IFC and World Bank pressure Nicaragua Sugar Estates, Ltd. (NSEL) to abide by the environmental and labor regulations on the books in Nicaragua, and to respect the IFC's own stated regulations.