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Feminism Exhibit Now in Havana to also Tour Cuban Provinces

Telling the history of Cuban women is the nearly invisible debt that the “In search of a space” exhibit is trying to settle.

An Initiation into Cuba’s Abakua Men’s Society (Video)

Maiquel Chaves a graduate in sociology, a young man initiating into Abakua, invites us to the ceremony in the courtyard.

Cuba Faces the Labyrinth of a New Political Map in Latin America

Medical brigades represent a core concept of Cuba’s foreign policy, as well as a chief source of revenue, but they are going through difficult times…

Nicaragua, Soon to Become the Only Country Without a Print Newspaper

“Destroying La Prensa is an obsession of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo,” says the editor of the last print newspaper in Nicaragua.

UN Staffers Rattled by Deadly Coronavirus Pandemic

The United Nations has gone high alert as the deadly coronavirus continues to take a heavy toll worldwide.

Nicaraguan Student: “The Police Threatened Me Every Day in Prison”

Student Maria Ruiz spent almost six months in detention with common prisoners. The jailers demanded information on other university students.

Eco-Deco Taller: an Eco-Friendly Carpentry Service in Cuba

The idea of using other raw materials to replace pricier ones fits in with the concept that is the pillar of the Eco-Deco project

Inertia in Cuba in the Face of Growing Violence against Women

The request had remarkable support on social networks which included prominent personalities in the fields of Cuban art and education.

Impunity Facilitates the Killings of Indigenous People in Nicaragua’s Bosawas Reserve

The State’s permissiveness over the last decade has left a trail of death, grief, deforestation, and a more pronounced agricultural frontier in the reserve area.

A Cuban’s Dream of Flying

A Cuban dreams of someday getting on an airplane, and fleas dream of buying themselves a dog.