The authorities of the Ministry of Education issued a directive to the principals of Nicaragua’s largest high schools. “The students have to watch the manipulated government / Sandinista Youth videos of the protests; it doesn’t matter if the curriculum plan is interrupted.
Read MoreWhile Daniel Ortega’s dark forces were shooting rubber or lead bullets at students and bystanders during the months of the 2018 protests, Irela Carolina Iglesias Aleman became an “angel of light and life” by providing a charitable hand, cry with them and share happy moments in the new stages of their lives.
Read MoreGrowing popular demand to lower Internet access prices exposes a new reality: Cubans are taking advantage of digital platforms, which are hard to control, to express themselves freely, far from the compulsory cheering and applause we see in traditional media, which is under the Communist Party/State’s firm control.
Read MoreDogs barking in the distance. Birds chirping nearby. A man walking through the mist, surrounded by lush vegetation. A distinctive vibrato singing “Speak Softly, Love” over it all. So begins Inna de Yard, a documentary that can safely be called a love poem to reggae music, or the “soul of Jamaica.
Read MoreIn spite of there being an agroecology movement in Cuba over the past 30 years, the country still lacks a national certification agency for this kind of food, to the point that they need to hire foreign services to certify organic exports, such as sugar and honey.
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo refuses to return the belongings that were taken by their National Police and paramilitaries from the released political prisoners, non-governmental organizations, different communications media and self-organized people who have supported the protests against the regime.
Read MoreThe “Three Trapped Tigers” exhibition by artists Douglas Perez, Luis Camejo and Kelvin Lopez will be on show at the Galeria Collage Habana on San Rafael Street in Central Havana, until the end of July. (18 photos)
Read MoreOn the day he was released from prison, Yubrank shook his whole spirit and sprayed blue and white across his surroundings, full of spirit. He demonstrated to all what a good Nicaraguan is made of: “pinol”, obsidian and a humor that can disarm any mortal.
Read MoreWhen Tarana Burke invited women from her support group to go public with the abuse they had suffered, she knew that bringing sexual assualt and harassment to the spotlight was the first step towards talking about it. In Cuba, we are still a little out of the loop with the impact of the #MeToo movement,..
Read MoreA self-taught artist, Danay Suarez ventured into the world of music when she was 15 years old. She would perform at concerts organized by the Cuban Agency of Rap and was prominent on Havana’s underground rap scene, collaborating with groups such as Los Aldeanos, Krudas, Raudel and Papa Humbertico.
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