The Culture Of Fear Inside Nicaragua's Labour Markets

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8 жыл бұрын

Broken Promise of the Maquilas: A stark look at the exploitation of workers in Nicaragua's Free Zones
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Nicaragua's one-time revolutionary Daniel Ortega returned to power on a manifesto of labour rights and power to the people. But a decade on, workers are fleeing horrific abuse inside the country's factories.
Activist Josefa says Ortega's 21st century, neo-liberal agenda "promised better, more dignified jobs". But in the country's free zones or maquilas - established to encourage foreign investment - "that’s not what happened". Under Ortega's leadership, a culture of fear has silenced claims of horrific abuse and maltreatment in the country's factories. Maria and Ana make textiles for a Korean company inside the free zone. "We put up with humiliation, we put up with many things", says Maria. Ana, who was electrocuted by faulty machines says "the Korean didn’t want me to go to the hospital, he told me that I just had to relax". Now Josefa is battling to return to a time when workers "knew our rights - and how to defend them". Can these women find a voice against the corporate might of global industry?
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@elmaje8021 5 жыл бұрын

I have read some of the comments. I can see that some people blame the workers for being uneducated, dropping out of school and such. The circumstances in their lives probably prohibited for them to finish high school. The main thing is that these maquilas should provide a decent salary and benefits. That's the thing. All they are asking is a decent pay for a hard day's work. $160 a month for full time work. Come on! That is modern indentured slavery. This is subsistence living. Not a decent life for you or your children. Even in Nicaragua, where the standard of living is lower, it amounts to barely making a living. The working poor.

@johngraboski 7 жыл бұрын

Hello again Journeyman! How about a story about the education system in Nicaragua? You guys rock! keep up the fine work!

@johngraboski 7 жыл бұрын

Wow! what a great documentary! Well done! Sigh, however sad that this beautiful country and people have to scrape by like they do. Is not the government of Costa Rica a model to follow?

@GardenerEarthGuy 8 жыл бұрын

They should start an agricultural program like Cuba did. Grow food anywhere, teach people how to garden and food prices will decline.

@joseo5029 8 жыл бұрын

The government does not care for empowering their youth, that is the only way they can keep them controlled.

@Insaniya.humanity 4 жыл бұрын

Cuba was only known for the hooker (jinetera) market, not agriculture.

@uniqueliberty1 7 жыл бұрын

The workers of the world deserve protection. People who work hard should be paid a decent wage that they can live on. They should have enough money to pay for their food, clothes, and decent houses. Going to University is expensive and extremely hard even in the developed world. People need to teach these people how to be skilled workers.

@starlitopensky1 8 жыл бұрын

So Nicaragua needs to have a non-crooked government that actually helps the people it works for.

@KnowledgeEntertainment 7 жыл бұрын

yes. fuck ortega

@ryaniam22 2 жыл бұрын

Every government on earth is corrupt. They are all snakes in suits bought by corporations

@tellicussillicus1603 8 жыл бұрын

If you want an economic powerhouse.....invest in education, and in industrial development, as well as labor rights...and you have your economic powerhouse....and freedom from poverty.

@serafinlola7105 5 жыл бұрын

Thats the real problem, there are thousands of people who are brined washed , they kiss the boot that steps on them.

@WhoToldYouThatAtlanta 5 жыл бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@yaquelin1begreen 2 жыл бұрын

This documentary is really funny. It keeps using words like "regime", "authoritarian", painting an image of "a failed revolution", and then 15 minutes in go on to say "yeah, minimum wage at these factories have tripled during these years, a lot of people support the president and his programs, but IT'S STILL BAD" The nail in the coffin is when the writer dares claim that "poverty wasn't affecting women as bad in the 90's!!!" HELLO DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE COUNTRY YOU'RE SUPPOSEDLY COVERING (the answer is obviously: no)

@ScumfuckMcDoucheface Жыл бұрын

2:50 .... in North America....? haha =) Nicaragua is not part of North America, sorry haha Although I must admit I was surprised to learn Greenland is indeed considered part of North America....?! hm.

@robertm8221 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you need to learn geography. Central America is part of North America, the Americas have two hemisphere, North and South the divise line in the equator 00° latitude divide the continent. Central America is just a geopolitical division, however geographically is North America.

@ScumfuckMcDoucheface Жыл бұрын

@@robertm8221 haha NO WAY!! Eh... Well... maybe... haha =)

@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong 8 жыл бұрын

That's sad, but I like my cheap T shirts.

@mike53153 6 жыл бұрын

Go Communism!!!!

@shauncameron8390 5 жыл бұрын

Nicaragua is not communist, though it's ran by the far-left.

@6688ya 3 жыл бұрын

There is exploitation in capitalism too. All government just want slave worker , that's why I got a Vasectomy I will not continue to feed the slave system of the world

@ryaniam22 2 жыл бұрын

It's not communist. It's a corrupt dictatorship. If the US allowed them to sell all the coffee, tobacco and fruits at prices they set by Nicarguan owned companies then the people would benefit. But the US embargo ensures that they aren't allowed to sell shit to the world unless they are getting ripped off in the process and always to US corporations