The days will be partly cloudy, with some isolated showers and thunderstorms from the early hours of the afternoon. The maximum temperatures will oscillate between 31 and 33° C (88 and 91 F), with the lows at 24 and 25° C (75 and 77 F). The sea surface temperature will be 30° C (86 F).
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s regime has unleashed a witch-hunt, targeting people who have participated in the demonstrations demanding an end to his dictatorship. The round-up has concentrated principally on university students who since April have been demanding that the government leave power.
Read MoreAs a result of recent protests in Venezuela and Nicaragua, we have seen that these governments (like many others) are willing to do whatever they need to in order to hold onto power. They are not afraid to repress and kill like any of the dictatorships that ravaged South America over the past two centuries did. Does anyone really think this would be any different in Cuba?
Read MoreThe UN today called for urgent measures to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua, where it denounced “repression and reprisals” against protesters who have protested against the government of President Daniel Ortega since April.
Read More“After so long, new generations of Cuban-Americans have appeared who are more American than Cuban, as they haven’t grown up or lived in Cuba. Therefore, they don’t carry Cuba in their hearts in the same way and they don’t really identify themselves with the island. “
Read MoreJudge Ernesto Rodríguez, ruled that two young men, Brandon Lovo and Glen Slate, were guilty of the assassination of Bluefields journalist Angel Gahona. Gahona was killed on April 21st in Bluefields as he covered the initial protests against reforms to Nicaragua’s Social Security system. Both the wife and family of Gahona maintain that the two young men were not involved.
Read MoreIt would be foolish to propose political or economic changes to the Cuban Communist Party. However, I believe it would be good for us to take part in the debate and discussion relating to the draft Constitution. Of course, I don’t believe that this is a truly democratic exercise, it’s rather a simulation of constituent democracy.
Read MoreCuba is at an important crossroads right now, there’s no doubt about that. The new Constitution is putting forward a social change that will completely change how we see today’s society.
Read MoreDiana Cary Angelbello is an animal protector: “I always thought about having a place where I could collect the animals I would see on the street.” She watched a TV documentary about a woman in Colombia who had managed to create an Animal Sanctuary and she told herself: “well, maybe I’m not crazy.”
Read MoreRegardless of all the pressures, attacks, threats and blackmail, independent journalism will survive, because it is providing the kind of information demanded by the population in the worst crisis of the Ortega dictatorship: truthfulness, verifying different sources and professionalism.
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