Ever since the crisis began in Nicaragua, a new wave of immigrants fleeing to Costa Rica in order to survive has begun. They go not only to look for work, study opportunities or healthcare. They didn’t plan their journey to improve the quality of their lives, but as the only way to remain alive. These are some Nicaraguans’ stories…
Read MoreAlong with “Citizen, your ID Card please,” “Turn off your phone!” might be Cuban police’s second most used phrase today. As Cuba becomes less isolated from global logic, “communications technology as the people’s new entertainment” has firmly taken root in the mindsets of many people who don’t lose an opportunity to capture what is going on around them in a photo or video.
Read MoreCuba is an example of the dangers of the extreme concentration of national wealth and a good study case of how this concentration eats away at the vitality of society. How this hyper-concentration of wealth came about is irrelevant to us analyzing its consequences for democratic life.
Read MoreThe invasion of private property in both cities and the countryside, ordered by the ruling FSLN party headed by Daniel Ortega, has hardened the difficulties faced by the real estate industry, whose activity is very close to zero, since the national crisis began in April.
Read MoreOn August 13th, the popular consultation phase of the draft Constitution began and it will end on November 15th. We spoke with Maykel Gonzalez Vivero, an independent journalist and LGBTI activist in Villa Clara province, about this process that has just begun on the island.
Read MoreAlejandra Paz Huete is 18 years old and has infinite curiosity. In January of this year she decided to learn how to knit, but she would do it self-taught. She began searching for tutorials in YouTube after seeing a picture of an embroidery in Instagram.
Read MoreNow is a good time for Cuban film thanks to the initiatives by Cubans who have managed to pave the way for Cuban film abroad and try to continue developing and offering opportunities to the Seventh Art created on the island, with or without the protection of Cuban Film Laws.
Read MoreThe aggressive attack launched by the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry against the OAS’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, has meant a declaration of war against this institution, whose report about the grave human rights violations in Nicaragua is being backed by 21 countries on the continent.
Read MoreThe days will continue to be hot and sunny, with an increase in cloud cover in the late afternoons and occasional rains in some locations. Some isolated thunderstorms will also be likely in the evening and night. The high temperatures will be between 32 and 33° C (90 and 91 F), while the lows will be between 24 and 25° C (75 and 77 F).
Read MoreHavana was one of Spain’s conquests. The object of its greed and the battleground for the bloodiest of battles, where pirates made their mark, but also left their treasure. It will soon be 500 years old and it isn’t ready for the celebration…
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