It could have been just one more civil wedding, but instead the couple decided to call it “the vandal’s wedding” and to have a ceremony that reflected the struggle for a free Nicaragua.
Read MoreBia Ferreira is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and activist hailing from Minas Gerais, Brazil. She was born into an evangelical family and followed her mother’s footsteps (her mother was a singer, choir conductor and pianist), entering the world of music at the tender age of 3 when she began studying piano.
Read MoreThere were 17 hours of continuous gunfire, as witnessed by neighbors who recorded the sounds of the attack on their cell phones. That Friday, July 13, 2018, the Ortega Murillo regime sent their paramilitaries to mount a merciless attack on the students who were peacefully occupying the Nicaraguan National Autonomous University (UNAN).
Read MoreThe priests have been attacked and threatened, and at least two have chosen to go into exile. The churches have been profaned, damaged and looted. The Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa reviewed the incidents and counted at least 30 separate attacks on the Catholic Church over the last year.
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has prolonged the harassment and repression against opposition voices, assured the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, Kate Gilmore, who on Wednesday July 10, presented an oral report on Nicaragua to the Human Rights Council of the UN.
Read MoreDozens of Internet users are urging Cuban authorities to change a subsection in Decree-Law 370/2019, which outlines the national computerization policy, after statements made by national media as a result of the legal challenges it presents.
Read MoreEven though summer seems to be pretty much a constant in this part of the world, the reality is that summer has officially started in the northern hemisphere, and temperatures here are over 35 degrees (over 95 F.) (21 photos)
Read MoreNicaraguans exiled in Costa Rica, due to the political persecution of the Government of Daniel Ortega, distrust the offer of return by the regime, for lack of guarantees for the respect of human rights and civil liberties in the country.
Read MoreAs far back as she can remember, Ana Cecilia Hooker has handcrafted and sold jewelry and house decorations. “I would use every material I came across if I thought I could make something out of it. It was always a pastime for me,” she said. However, this university professor never thought this might become her only means of financial support.
Read MoreWith its debut scheduled for October, the documentary “Mujeres… resiliencia, derechos a la vida” (Women… resilience, rights to life), the Palomas Project, synthesizes the ability of Cubans to overcome the effects of the economic and financial embargo/blockade imposed by the US in 1962, time and time again.
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