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Memories of a Nicaraguan Hero’s Daughter: The Things Unsaid

Rosalia is her alias. She is a doctor and 44 years old. Our daughters go to the same school, and one afternoon we began conversing about the current situation in the country.

Cuban Youth Push Eco-Friendly Practices

On the first Sunday every month, young Cuban Viviana Diaz joins dozens of cyclists who ride down Havana’s main streets at sunset, so as to promote the use of this leisurely, healthy and eco-friendly form of transport.

Cuban Population on Dengue Fever Alert

While the Aedes aegypti proliferates because of rain, high temperatures and problems with urban sanitation, Cuba’s health authorities have tried to uphold actions to try and control the plague amidst economic restrictions, especially fuel shortages.

The Superfoods of the Andes and the Himalaya

The nutritious grain that mountain peoples of the Americas and high Asia cultivated were displaced by wheat and rice, but they are staging a comeback thanks to growing public consciousness about health.

Maria Ruiz, the Remaining Woman among 139 Nicaraguan Political Prisoners

“Guided by the principles that you and God taught me, I couldn’t stay silent while seeing everything that was happening to the students.” This is the message that Maria Guadalupe Ruiz, a 22-year-old Nicaraguan university student, wrote on a piece of paper addressed to her mother.

Ortega Hopes the World Will Forget Nicaragua

“I think that this crisis has been institutionalized, that is, people (inside and outside the country) have become accustomed to the fact that there is a crisis in Nicaragua, and that it is going through a slow process,” said former Foreign Minister Francisco Aguirre.