Murder, 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.
Read MoreSome followers of Afro-Cuban religions agree that you can omit animal sacrifice from rituals, which is in line with the very origins of these animist religions and closely tied to Nature and its elements.
Read MoreExperts tell us that Santiago de Cuba Rum is better than the much ballyhooed Havana Club. And now, with its new commercial agreement with a renowned multinational corporation, drinkers from more than 180 countries will find out the truth once it is sold and marketed everywhere.
Read MoreLegal regulations that came into effect on December 7, 2018, have put the brakes on Cuba’s private sector instead of contributing to its progress, warns a study by University of Havana’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network.
Read MoreReyna Díaz cooks beans, chicken, pork and desserts in her solar cooker, which she sets up in the open courtyard of her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of this town in southwestern Mexico.
Read MoreA group of citizens recently delivered a letter to government authorities in the province of Matanzas, expressing their concern with evangelizing activities carried out in this region, which according to them, violate the secular nature of the Cuban State.
Read MoreThere is little evidence on how women’s lives are affected by the extremely high levels of violence that plagues the region. Not only data is limited, only few policies dedicated to addressing violence against women are evidence based.
Read More‘Karla’, a Nicaraguan primary school teacher, feels frustrated. “Another Friday in which the training was about peace, reconciliation and rejection of the coup mongers. I am fed up of the same,” she says annoyed.
Read MoreThe US economic sanctions against the Venezuelan government and the warnings from US National Security Advisor John Bolton about a potential economic blockade on the Nicaraguan dictatorship have revived the phantoms of scarcity and extreme poverty that ravaged the country during the decade of the 1980s.
Read More“We want to be the flagship company for promoting Afro-Cuban culture,” entrepreneur Adriana Heredia says, who founded Beyond Roots in Havana.
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