At least 25 cases of political prisoners, published in Nicaraguan and US media, or as told to human rights organizations, have identified a pattern of abuse committed against opposition members while in detention: beatings, removal of fingernails, toenails and teeth, electric shock, acids thrown on skin, suffocation, cigarette burns, psychological abuse, sexual abuse and rape.
Read MoreLong lines of up to 50 cars outside the few gas stations that have fuel and hundreds of people waiting at bus stops for hours, became a reality for Cuban people in the second week of September, as a result of some fuel shortages.
Read MoreDr. Maria Werlau is a meticulous researcher of the crimes committed by Latin American dictatorships. Cuba, her bleeding Homeland, is at the heart of her concern for 67 consecutive years of dictatorships, first Fulgencio Batista, followed by Fidel Castro and those who continued in his footsteps.
Read MoreThe garage is filled with refugees. They are seated in plastic chairs arranged in rows, as though ready for prayers, or mass. But the people – mostly women with children – aren’t listening to the voice of a pastor. Far from it. They are waiting to be called by a medical doctor in street garb, sporting blue latex gloves and a stethoscope…
Read MoreYep, reggaeton has made it: it’s impossible to go a day without hearing it, without knowing what it is, without dancing to the beat of its songs. Reggaeton is marking an era. Maybe it is an era, in itself. In spite of efforts to contain it, the music genre, its expressions, connect with people, get in your head and spread.
Read MoreThe immediate causes can be attributed to the economic collapse of Venezuela, the new sanctions imposed by the United States, the economic break with Brazil, and low prices for some export products. But we must add to these the little success achieved by the ‘updated’ economy.
Read MoreIn an office located in the center of Managua, a group of young people meet to plan another “express sit-in.” Last month these same young people, all college graduates, carried out two successful protest actions, that is, without attacks or police detentions.
Read MoreThe government’s latest strategies for the farm sector points towards a return to “nationalization”, at the expense of “privatizing” initiatives that have been tried and tested in the past decade. Is this a smart way to go to put more food on Cuban families tables?
Read MoreThe OHCHR report not only contains human rights violations occurring between April and September 2018, when all citizens’ protest were prohibited by the police, but the United Nations organization also presents the new phases of repression imposed by the de facto state of siege.
Read MoreCarlos Restrepo counts the hours with uncertainty: he forms part of the multitude of thousands of Cuban emigres concentrated in Ciudad Juarez, along the militarized United States – Mexico border, waiting for an immigration interview to request asylum in the US.
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