Some twenty something diners fill one of the bars in the Hotel Iberostar Grand Packard, in Old Havana, at a time of day when things generally slow down. Many are Cubans and they are entering the luxury hotel for the first time ever.
Read MoreSince April 18, 2018, when most Nicaraguans witnessed the Ortega-Murillo regime’s repression, protests have taken place not only in the streets but on the walls as well. The Instagram account, “The Walls Also Shout” (In Spanish: Las paredes también gritan), provide a small sampling of the discontent.
Read MoreIn true Spartan style, Emilio Morales*, president and CEO of The Havana Consulting Group, claims that Cuba is experiencing “one of the most serious crises in its history”, while he also predicts that Diaz-Canel’s “second presidential year will be a lot worse”.
Read MoreAs Venezuela sinks into chaos, more and more migrants are streaming into Colombia, which is bearing the brunt of the refugee crisis. The influx has stretched the country’s economic resources to the limit and sparked a wave of xenophobia. But Colombia intends to keep its borders open.
Read MoreIn a 500-something word article published on Cuba’s Ministry of Higher Education official website, the first vice-minister of this institution, Martha Mesa Valenciano, has outlined the political discrimination that characterizes Cuba’s university system, without beating around the bush or any shame.
Read MoreDuring these almost three months of intense protests, marches and demonstrations of different types, those leading these protests are mainly university students. These marches have the participation of millions of Hong Kong residents who have found innovative and non-violent ways to protest against the Police.
Read MoreFour women arrived at the hospital emergency room in the span of a half hour on a recent Sunday. They had all suffered a sudden break of the upper part of the femur, more commonly known as a hip fracture.
Read MoreThe Public Ministry assigned the most loyal officials to the Ortega regime to fabricate cases and charges against its political prisoners, while the “puppet” prosecutors signed the complaints that they were not even allowed to read, sources inside and outside the Prosecutor’s Office told Confidencial.
Read MoreThe Cuban government is studying other countries’ experience of channeling the collective benefits of remittances, which reach the Caribbean island every year from the US, Europe and other regions where over a million and a half Cubans have settled.
Read MoreMurder, kidnapping, sexual assaults, persecution and exile are some of the words that Nicaraguans have been hearing daily since April of 2018, when the sociopolitical crisis erupted. However, among the Miskito communities of the northern Nicaraguan Caribbean, these words are not only recurring—they are a horrific reality they have lived for many years.
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