A microfinance lifeline from Wisconsin to Nicaragua

Published on September 8, 2026

In the 1960s as part of President John F. Kennedy’s “Alliance for Progress” program, Nicaragua and Wisconsin became “sister states.” When the Nicaraguan ...

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