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Nicaraguan DJ Exiled in the US Longs for a New Beginning

Keny Vargas is looking for job opportunities to help his family & continue contributing to the civic struggle against the Ortega dictatorship.

In Cuba, where shortages are a constant variable, systemic shortages of condoms – as well as other contraceptive methods – is no surprise.

On Sunday morning the main Cuban government websites, Granma and Cubadebate and the local Venceremos did not mention the events of Saturday.

With Ortega in power, there has also been a growth in military personnel, reaching the highest number since the end of the civil war in 1990.

Scores of police abducted more than 50 Nicaraguans in a single night on May 3-4. They then carried out express midnight hearings.

His judges order “probation” for the defendants, with the obligation to sign in daily at the local police station until their trial.

The donations come at a time when Cuba is producing less food and doesn’t have the money to import enough at past levels.

The area of La Sierpe, in Sancti Spíritus, was the leading project of the collaboration between Vietnam and Cuba.

The evolution of Chino Enoc’s loyalties is a process that must be repeated in many other cases, in order to dissolve the regime’s remaining support.

Many reject the authorities’ hollow discourse. Arturo McFields: “Silent departures increase” and “the mistreatment has worsened.”