When 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.
Read MoreOn Sunday, May 19, hundreds of citizens in Matagalpa bid farewell to the Nicaraguan political prisoner Eddy Montes. Montes, also a US citizen, who was killed by a bullet to the back at the La Modelo prison near Managua.
Read MoreReparations in Nicaragua are part of the demand for justice of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, which includes the truth about the massacre and no repetition, based on the demands of the Mothers of April Association.
Read MoreOn the outskirts of Holguin, Yaima Ramirez dreams about her ecotourism agency “Cuba Hola” being so successful that it can offer other women like her a job. She describes herself as an entrepreneur, feminist and Christian.
Read MoreAccording to the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry, Eddy Antonio Montes Praslin, a political prisoner, was killed by a prison guard this Thursday, May 16, inside the La Modelo prison. The institution, under the Ortega-Murillo regime, asserted that the prisoners mutinied against the guards, who were “attacked” and acted “in self-defense”.
Read MoreIn a parallel universe Nicaragua has become a technologically advanced society, but it is dominated by the Orewellian State led by the Supreme Commander. This perverse being has created a plan to appropriate all assets and convert Nicaraguans into followers who cannot reason or think for themselves.
Read MoreThis past Saturday (May 11), activists, members of the LGTBQ community and people who support the struggle for minority rights staged a demonstration in the heart of Havana. It was the first spontaneous citizenship protest on the island, without authorization from official institutions, in decades.
Read More“In 2018 alone, some 6.5 billion USD entered the island, split almost evenly between money and goods. This statistic allows us to deduce that remittances have been a leading financial asset for the Cuban economy.”
Read MoreFormer Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes is receiving a monthly salary of 90,080.46 cordobas from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, equivalent to US $2,739, according to the payroll report of that institution which has been leaked to Confidencial.
Read MoreThe private gym boom in Cuba began in 2010, like many other small businesses did. Even though it seemed to be a fleeting trend, “something that would soon pass” according to some people’s predictions, almost a decade later, these spontaneous initiatives have shown the impact that they have had on society.
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