Thousands of Ex-Banana Workers Will Assemble for Workers Human Rights in Nicaragua Due To DBCP Pesticide Exposure
There will be an assembly of thousands of ex-banana workers at the professional baseball stadium in Chinandega, Nicaragua on May 14 at 9:00.a. m. that were exposed to dbcp (dibromocloropropane) chemicals manufactured and used by United States multinational corporations in the 1970s and are currently in litigation in Nicaragua and in the United States for sterility, cancer, birth defects and other injuries.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 6, 2006
INVITATION TO MEDIA to attend a Nicaraguan banana workers demonstration of thousands and speakers event regarding the sterilization, injuries and human rights violations caused by exposure to dbcp (dibromochloropropane) pesticide chemicals manufactured and used by U. S.A. based multi-national corporations.
You are invited to attend the largest Nicaraguan worker demonstration event these last five years and since the enactment of Nicaraguan Special Law 364 providing legal recourse to local worker citizens due to foreign multinational corporate malfeasance.
On Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 9:00a. m. in the city of Chinandega, Nicaragua at the professional baseball stadium Efrain Tijerino Mazariego there will be an assembly of thousands of ex-banana workers claimants of exposure to dbcp (dibromocloropropane) chemicals.
Chinandega is epicenter to the huge banana industry operated by the U. S.A. based multinational corporations and where the majority of the “affected” workers still reside, and where these corporations knowingly harmful use of these dangerous chemicals occurred in the 1970s. Transportation will also be provided to the ex-banana workers from different parts of the country. Leaders of various claimant groups (Capitanes) from local municipalities throughout the nation have organized notification and transportation for the event.
Invited speakers include the lead attorneys from United States and Nicaragua, Nicaraguan Ministry of Human Rights, lead activist leaders, majority membership leader of officially recognized association of ex-banana workers (ATBEN), President of Nicaraguan Assembly, Attorney General for the Environment, Ministry of Health, and presidential candidates for the Nicaraguan November 2006 presidential elections.
If you have any further questions, please contact Dania Ochoa in Nicaragua at e-mail address: danial8a@yahoo. com and/or phone number 341-4567. From the U. S.A. dial 011-505-341-4567. We look forward to your anticipated attendance to this massive event of international human rights significance to workers.
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