The Secretary General of the organization, Luis Almagro, maintains that the OAS will only accompany any electoral reform agreements, after the release of Ortega’s political prisoners and the full restitution of civil liberties, as agreed upon at the dialogue table between the Government and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy in March.
Read MoreHBO’s show “Chernobyl”* has stirred a growing interest in the Cuban population. Cuba also had its own nuclear adventure. It was called Juragua, and it left lots of similar questions in its wake, just like the Soviet disaster did. (16 photos)
Read MoreUp to two hundred Cuban Intelligence advisers operate in Nicaragua on a regular basis, according to high-level sources linked to the Ortega-Murillo government.
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo won’t risk the international consequences of expropriating foreign citizens, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its latest report on Nicaragua. The publication also reiterates that the only vulnerable point of the regime is the possibility of greater United States sanctions.
Read MoreBlinded by a horse at the age of seven, Arsenio Rodriguez (1911-1970) went on to become one of Cuba’s greatest musicians, composers and bandleaders: “El Ciego Maravilloso” (The Marvellous Blind One).
Read MoreAfter decades denying that femicides take place in Cuba (a tragic reality which we have been systematically denouncing on Alas Tensas, as it is one of the reasons we write our magazine), the Cuban government has finally acknowledged this great scourge.
Read MoreIn front of the old Palace of the General Captains, in the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana, the used booksellers give a picturesque touch to one of the most popular places for international tourism.
Read MoreAfter 11 years of selective repression, the FSLN government attempted to silence hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans who rejected the reforms to Social Security imposed on them. To this end they use both uniformed police and paramilitary forces. (31 pictures)
Read MoreThis year’s Mothers’ Day in Nicaragua (May 30th) was dedicated to the young people assassinated by the Ortega Police and paramilitary forces during the civic uprising of 2018.
Read MoreMy investigation about the Hershey train continues; It began to run in 1920 and is famous for being the only electric train to operate in the island, running from Matanzas to Havana.
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