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I Am Peacefully Disobedient Willing to Pay the Consequences

The Cuban doctor and activist Fernando Vazquez undertakes the quixotic task of defending political prisoners under threats from State Security

Amaya left Nicaragua for a post-graduate course in Guatemala, & was blocked from returning. He’s stranded where he has no relatives or friends

In Nicaragua, the Ortega regime retained & cancelled passports & imposed restrictions on the entry/exit of his critics & political opponents.

The three concessions the regime intends to grant are equivalent to 226,083 hectares, denounced Fundacion del Rio.

Out-of-control inflation feeds a cycle of interdependence with exchange rate devaluation of the peso increasing the price of imported goods.

The Island shows slow progress in the diversification of its generation matrix, highly dependent on crude oil.

Ortega negotiated a Free Trade Agreement with China in less than a year. It will be signed in the coming days & enter into force in Jan. 2024

People wait in long lines at the few working ATMs and express concern about productivity at a time of extreme shortages.

La Prensa brings our readers a sampling of some of the women political prisoners currently being held by the Ortega-Murillo regime.

They performed a free concert in Havana in front of over 70,000 people. It was the first, & still the only mass show by a US rock band in Cuba