This 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.
Read MoreEight out of ten Nicaraguans exiled in Costa Rica would return to the country, according to a study by the Arias Foundation, which highlights that persecution and harassment, death threats and fear, are the main reasons why Nicaraguans fled.
Read MoreIt turned out that the best thing that could happen was the suspension of the conga parade that, under the tutelage of the Cuban government-approved CENESEX, is carried out every year in May for the day against homophobia. (15 photos)
Read MoreIt is no secret that the deterioration of the external situation will have an inexorable and negative impact on the prospects of the Cuban economy in the short term. However, there are several alternatives that are worth exploring.
Read MoreHaydee Castillo wrote the last sentence of her speech five hours before she was to read it during the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) session. She was tired, nervous and the hardest moments Nicaraguans have been living through for this last year kept running through her mind.
Read MoreThe EXXON MOBIL corporation recently filed a lawsuit against two Cuban companies. They’ve been accused of “trafficking” with facilities that the U.S. corporation once had in Cuba and that were legitimately nationalized in 1960.
Read MoreWith exotic dimensions that can exceed the size of an adult’s fist, the giant African snail catches the attention of many people in Cuba who chase after it, adopt it as a pet or use it as bait for fishing.
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