Bitter sweet
Nicaragua’s sugar boom conceals a sick secret. Review: The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua, Alex M Nading, by Gavin O'Toole
The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua, Alex M Nading, 2025, Duke University Press
It’s boom time in Nicaragua’s sugarcane industry, which in January this year achieved an historic milestone with a cumulative 340 thousand tons of raw material harvested.
Sugar production is playing an increasingly strategic role in the …