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Nicaragua: A Graphic Novel on How Power Corrupts

In the book, British journalist John Carlin retells the story of Zoilamerica Narvaez and her denunciation of Daniel Ortega’s sexual abuse.

Some twenty children have been born since 2018 in the camp for exiled Nicaraguan farmers in Upala, Costa Rica. “They give us hope.”

It is a humbling experience to observe the Cuban people innovating, and being creative to find solutions for their difficult lives.

Santa’s red costume reigns in the private shops, but the regime’s olive green reigns in places under state management.

The administration, labeled as a “government of improvisations,” relies on reactive stopgap actions and improvised solutions…

Progressive violations since 2007 worsened in 2018 and are set to intensify under the “new” Constitution starting January 2025.

Inspectors confiscate the merchandise or fine sellers who do not put price labels on their products.

“In Cuba, there was no future, but I didn’t want to leave my mother alone. I talked it over with her, and she gave me her blessing.”

The 132-apartment building was a symbol of modernity when it opened in 1967 on Havana’s seafront.

Makeshift antennas in Cuba are made of aluminum and plastic, and have become the queens of rooftops for home Internet.