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Forced Disappearance of Three Nicaragua Political Prisoners

Since their abduction months ago, Carlos Bojorge, Freddy Quezada, and Brooklyn Rivera have not been seen by their families or their lawyers.

Faced with permanent harassment on his farm in Cardenas, Matanzas, Ernesto is considering selling his animals and abandoning the country.

The 29-year-old visual, graffiti and tattoo artist and mother of a 6-year-old is serving a ten-year prison sentence for sedition.

Protecting people and places is also of key importance in Guterres’ address, as he recommended ramping up protections from climate chaos.

The artists were jailed in Esteli, Nicaragua 194 days ago for painting a mural to honor Sheynnis Palacios, after she was crowned Miss Universe

With 95.2% of the votes tallied Claudia Sheinbaum has 59.4%, Xochitl Galvez 27.9% and Jorge Alvarez 10.4%. Voter turnout was 60.9%.

Some 600,000 Cubans were intercepted at the southern US border since October 2021, more than any other mass exodus in Cuba’s history.

“U-Turn” transactions are fund transfers related to Cuba or any other sanctioned country conducted between two non-US banks.

Cuban officialdom does not mention several obvious problems with midnight markets: blackouts, lack of products and corruption in the food sector.

All polls favor the governing party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, but the opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez claims there is a “hidden vote.”