This exhibition’s central theme is popular cults in Africa and Cuba, cults with a long-standing tradition and validity in both peoples. Religious images, small allegorical sculptures, idols, ancient tools, crowned by a beautiful wall hanging, created by the unequalled painter Mendives, belonging to the museum’s own collection.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has begun to insinuate very subtlety to its territorial structures that they must be prepared for an eventual advance of elections. And, they even give a date: 2020.
Read MoreHavana’s Cotorro municipality is experiencing serious environmental and social problems today, especially in San Pedro. This is because next to this neighborhood there is industry such as the Jose Marti Iron and Steel Company; several of the Almendares river’s tributaries such as the San Francisco, and an illegal settlement of migrants from the country’s interior.
Read MoreThis is the story of two women who are positively transforming social norms in their respective societies, as part of the global movement towards gender equality.
Read MoreRural and indigenous populations in countries like Guatemala and Honduras are increasingly on the move – either migrating internally or to neighboring countries.
Read MoreWithout being able to believe the news, Nicaragua woke up this morning to confirmation of the release of dozens of political prisoners that the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo had maintained incarcerated. This time, the released group includes leaders of the civic protest and emblematic faces of the April Rebellion which broke out in 2018.
Read MoreTransport produces 25% of emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean. While the air in most of the region’s capitals has become almost unbreatheable, cycling has captured the imagination of thousands of Latin Americans.
Read MoreOn June 1, the El Salvador debuted with a new president. The fascination for the new overrides everything, for the uncontaminated or not trampled on, is what voters wanted when they chose Nayib Bukele, a man that was not tied to any party, platform or ideology.
Read MoreLeading Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported on June 9th under a headline of “Conflict over Cuba’s Millions” that the Dutch software company Exact* was being taken to court over the unilateral cancellation of its contract with Cuba under which it supplies software to the country’s biggest (state) companies that account for around 80 per cent of the national economy.
Read MoreUSA 4 Nica: The story of how an actor, known for his role as a zombie apocalypse survivor, and his anesthesiologist wife, born in Nicaragua, inform U.S. residents about what’s happening in Nicaragua.
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