Tertulia de Literatura y Cine: Charla con Mónica López Baltodano

On Thursday 2 December 2021, Mónica López Baltodano (Nicaraguan human rights and environmental lawyer and Director of the human rights NGO Popol Na) will be presenting on 'Nicaragua hoy, desde la perspectiva de una ambientalista y defensora de Derechos Humanos’. The talk will be in Spanish and it will focus on Nicaragua’s environment and human rights issues.

This event is organised by the ‘Tertulia de Literatura y Cine’ series run by María Muradás-Taylor (Lecturer in Spanish) at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science. During the Tertulia, participants take part in a guided discussion in Spanish about social, historical and political aspects of the Spanish speaking world through literature and films, with the occasional guest speaker. Each event starts off with a reading session (short stories or poetry) or the viewing of a film in Spanish language. It then comes to a close with a tutor-led audience interaction aimed to stimulate a discussion on the historical, political and social realities linked to the stories.

Nicaragua hoy, desde la perspectiva de una ambientalista y defensora de Derechos Humanos’

Mónica hablará sobre la situación de los derechos humanos y medioambientales en Nicaragua y su experiencia personal trabajando en diferentes movimientos estudiantiles y la sociedad civil en general.

Mónica López Baltodano has been involved in human rights and environmental rights struggles in Nicaragua for over a decade, particularly focusing on the impact of megaprojects. Mónica has engaged also with students’ movements and civil society platforms united against repression and claiming a democratic transition and justice for Nicaragua. She has prepared national and international legal actions and advocacy in human rights institutions such as the Interamerican Human Rights Commission (OAS), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the UN Human Rights Mechanism.

The event will take place at 6pm in V/C/026 and there will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end. The talk will be delivered entirely in Spanish language.