The US Treasury Department issued new sanctions on Friday against officials of the Ortega-Murillo government in Nicaragua. This time they punished the president of the Parliament, Gustavo Porras; the Minister of Health, Sonia Castro; the director of telecommunications (Telcor), Orlando Castillo; and retired general Oscar Mojica.
Read MoreUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and with opposition leader Juan Guaido in Caracas on Friday.
Read MoreWaiting for the rain to stop. Havana, Cuba. By Vincent Wong (Canada). Camera: Canon M5
Read MoreAuthorities in the Brazilian town of Maricá, in Rio de Janeiro state, must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Romário Barros and determine whether the attack was tied to his journalism, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Read MoreThis is the third chapter in the video/theater series based on Edgar Lee Masters’ poems, written in the Spoon River Anthology. This episode focuses on the story of a young anarchist’s life, Searcy Foote. (18 photos)
Read MoreFood security in Cuba is one of those issues that affects all of society, in all of its stages. Especially for some and at those moments of the day when it is time to eat. The Cuban agricultural model’s problems and the attempts to resolve them have been enumerated, and still the authorities always return to the same failed solutions.
Read MoreThe Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warned that the indictment could be the opening salvo in a broader attack on First Amendment journalistic protections. The 18th charge against Assange–of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)–has garnered far less attention.
Read MoreJose Miguel Vivanco, HRW’s director for the Americas, is demanding that the US, Canada and democratic governments in Latin America “double-down on sanctions” against the Ortega government.
Read MoreWhy am I mentioning what I learned at school? Well, because I’ve been thinking about the laws that shape a country’s economic development and that, whether we like them or not, they are followed to a T here in Cuba, in China or Bulgaria.
Read MoreDespite the commitment that the government made to the Civic Alliance at the negotiating table, the June 18th deadline for the complete liberation of the political prisoners has passed and these prisoners are still locked up. The negotiations themselves are currently suspended.
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