On March 15, dozens of journalists spent more than two hours following a yellow bus with curtained windows which was supposedly taking some released political prisoners to their homes. However, when the bus reached Leon, it was discovered that the passengers yelling slogans were actually workers from the Penitentiary System.
Read MoreThe fourth one-day national strike against the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega called by the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy (AJCD)—a business, citizens and consumers strike—emptied the streets of Nicaragua on Thursday, May 23.
Read MoreThere was (and still is) a Cafe Paris in Havana too, on the corner of O’Reilly and Compostela Streets, which an exclusive group of young dandies, musicians and intellectuals would regularly go to, including some of the writers and poets who have left their mark on Cuban literature.
Read MoreFaced with today’s general strike, the delegation of Daniel Ortega to the stalled Negotiating Table issued its own unilateral agenda in an attempt to ward off more international sanctions against its inner circle and close collaborators.
Read MoreTrump’s administration has fully implemented the Helms-Burton Act and in doing so, has added fuel to the bonfire of contradictions between the US and European Union, that was never completely put out. With the attempt to tighten the noose, the Cuban Revolution has once again run into the savior of Europe and its economic opportunism.
Read MoreThe company “Alba de Nicaragua SA” (Albanisa) would be part of an “international criminal organization” related to “Petroleos of Venezuela SA” (PDVSA) to create front businesses for corruption purposes and launder money with the protection of the leaders of the ALBA countries, according to an investigation carried out by the US consultants Douglas Farah and Caitlyn Yates.
Read MoreCuba’s self-employed are dissatisfied with many things including the lack of legal protection they have and the treatment they receive from certain officials who interpret regulations at their own discretion, making them oblige.
Read MoreIf you’ve traveled through any large Latin American city lately you’ve undoubtedly seen Rappi at work. The company’s meteoric rise (its business grew by 20 per cent every month in 2018) has also been propelled by another less likely source: Venezuelan migrants.
Read MoreReady-made crafts, body art studios, bars, marketing and design services, event planning and I.T. solutions etc., all revealed the diversity of this Caribbean country’s private sector, at a fair held in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreWhen the human rights activist was just a teenager in the northern Colombian town of Tiquisio, Juan Meneses stood up against paramilitary groups which tried to pressure boys to join them at the gates of his school.
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