Music quickly became an essential element of the civic protests that began in April 2018, against a new family dictatorship that has made Nicaragua bleed. A new generation of artists, including Bruno Cortina, was moved to compose the soundtrack of this new civic rebellion, which has left 326 dead, more than 700 political prisoners and the forced exile of some 60 thousand people.
Read MoreIt’s 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20. Abril Ariana, 10, Roberto Leonel, 8, and Angel Neomar, 3 months old haven’t had their Dad at home for many months. Their mother, Mazkiel Hernandez, has made countless visits to the El Chipote jail, to the La Modelo prison, to the courts and to the local and international human rights organizations to denounce her husband’s detention.
Read MoreVenezuela has overtaken China to become the No 1 country of origin for those claiming asylum in the US upon arrival or shortly after, with nearly 30,000 Venezuelans applying for asylum with US Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2018.
Read MoreThose who headed up the protests of the April Rebellion against the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have become symbols of the citizens’ resistance. They are the ones who remain in the prisons…
Read MoreThe immense fortune created by the combination of high oil prices and the copious extraction of black gold from Venezuelan subsoil laid the foundation for a “Bolivarian Joint Criminal Enterprise” (BJCE), according to a new report signed by Douglas Farah and Caitlyn Yates, the president and investigator for IBI Consultants, LLC.
Read MoreJournalist Marlon Jeronimo Powell Sanchez knew that the regime would go after him. The communicator fled from his native Masaya, an hour before the police and paramilitary forces of Ortega took armed control of the city on July 17, 2018.
Read MoreAvenida del Puerto (Port Avenue) links the oldest part of the city with the Malecon, which takes us to the most modern part of the Cuban capital. Some people think of it as an extension of the Malecon, but Avenida del Puerto is actually a lot older. (24 photos)
Read MoreThis story unfolds on a Cuban Yutong bus running the route from Havana to Holguin. After the drivers kindly explained the details of the journey and a couple of hours of “music” videos at the beginning, most of which were Reggaeton tracks, a slim man, wearing small glasses and with long dreadlocks, approached the drivers quite timidly…
Read MoreThe second half of June brings an unprecedented and unfavorable external scenario for the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. Three heavyweight actors from the international arena— the United States, the Organization of American States and the European Union—, will be making decisions that will weaken the regime or at least force it to yield on grounds up until now impenetrable.
Read MoreAbortion has long been a contentious issue across the world, and the debate is only heating up, prompting women to stand up and speak out for their reproductive rights. In response to increasingly restrictive policies, civil society is taking action to help protect abortion rights.
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