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Photo gallery: The lives of Nicaraguans in the java-rich state of Matagalpa are devastated by the crash of the coffee industry in the wake of globalization. LA DALIA, Nicaragua -- Bibiano Mendoza ...
Sample fresh brews, try your hand at picking beans and roam the cloud forests and volcanic peaks of northern Nicaragua’s coffee trail. Nicaragua's coffee trail invites travellers to uncover the ...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Sept. 2 -- A devastating drought and plummeting coffee prices have driven Nicaragua into one of its worst economic crises in years, bringing scenes of hunger, malnutrition and ...
In Nicaragua the crisis has reached desperate levels. Without work, coffee pickers are homeless and beginning to starve. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Nicaragua.
German journalist Jens Klein founded the cooperative Café Chavalo after visiting coffee farms in Nicaragua. These farms, ...
San Diego – Harvest season had just begun in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, and the coffee plants stood ripe and ready. But there was no one working at many of the farms. Joaquín Solórzano, a coffee ...
Edelsin Mendez conveys the effects of climate change on coffee growers in rural Nicaragua. Coffee is a way of life for Edelsin Mendez, age 12, and her family in Nicaragua. But climate change and ...
The Guerrero siblings remember drinking coffee before going to school in Nicaragua. "I remember drinking coffee since I was 6 years old. Our mother loved coffee," Patricia said. "My mom would say ...
I was born in the Nicaraguan town of Matagalpa. It's coffee country, so the terrain is unforgiving. The mountains touch the sky and then plunge into fast-moving rivers. It's also where the civil ...
SAN DIEGO — Harvest season had just begun in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, and the coffee plants stood ripe and ready. But there was no one working at many of the farms. Joaquín Solórzano, a coffee ...