The Nicaraguan Minister of Labor is now saying more or less the same. The delegation met at the U.S. Embassy with deputy chief of mission Deborah McCarthy and four senior staff, including labor attache Mario Fernandez. The delegation came away impressed that Ms. McCarthy was very open to the facts and certainly not unsympathetic to the workers. The Embassy also wants this Chentex conflict settled. The press coverage has been so extensive that the issue of the violations in the maquila has now become a matter of public discourse.
People side with the workers in their struggle to regain respect for their rights.