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Lucho Macedo (Peru) – Song of the Day

Today’s featured artist is Lucho Macedo from Peru with the song “Tumba la Cana” from the album “A Guapachar Con Lucho Macedo” (1960s).

Nicaraguan Photographers Documented the Violence and Repression

“Photography in Times of Crisis: Narrating the Crisis through Images”, was held as part of the public launching of a book compiling hundreds of photos from the most brutal and violent months of repression touched off in Nicaragua in April of 2018.

The Implications of Cuba’s October 10th Elections

Cuba will have a new president of the Republic as of October 10th, for the first time since 1976. The election of the Cuban State’s main leaders will take place in a closed National Assembly session, its members electing these figures amongst themselves.

“We Nicaraguans Must Reinvent Ourselves”, says Bishop Rolando Alvarez

Having borne witness to the failure of both Marxism and capitalism, “We Nicaraguans must reinvent ourselves” and establish a system that responds “effectively” to the country’s reality, declared the bishop of the Matagalpa diocese, Monsignor Rolando Jose Alvarez Lagos.

Barbados PM Warns of Mass Migration Because of Climate Crisis

The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley shows her patience is running thin, as she challenges the world to tackle the climate crisis.

Sports in Cuba during Fuel Cuts

“Just the other day, president Miguel) Diaz-Canel said that the energy-saving measures were here to stay. He didn’t go into too much detail, but it seems to me like this business of being “temporary” is going to become permanent,” said a boxing trainer.