Even though he left 20 years ago, Ivey Diaz returns to Camajuani every March when it’s parade time. As a child, his mother worked in the San Jose (Sapos) Neighborhood’s dressing room while he made small floats with bits of scrap material.“This passion doesn’t ever leave you, it doesn’t matter where you go,” he told IPS.
Read MoreSeveral initiatives are seeking to strengthen the fight against femicides in Latin America, a region which, despite growing popular mobilisation and pioneering legislation against gender-based murders, still has the world’s worst rates in what has been described as a “silent genocide,” says U.N. Women.
Read MoreAlthough the support of foreign states is an important factor in the current political standoff between Maduro and Guaido, it is the Venezuelan military that will determine whether there is any shift in power. Historically, the armed forces have played a decisive role in the country’s politics: the military oversaw Venezuela’s transition to democracy in 1958 and has had a strong influence on domestic politics ever since.
Read MoreThe ancient Qhara Qhara nation began a battle against the State of Bolivia in defence of its rich ancestral lands, in an open challenge to a government that came to power in 2006 on a platform founded on respect for the values and rights of indigenous peoples.
Read MoreInteracting in dating groups on Telegram has become common for users of this social network in Cuba, after ETECSA launched its mobile data packages in December 2018, which allow Cubans to have Internet access on their phones.
Read MoreHeynard Baltodano still cannot sleep. Every night, this young man tries to keep his eyes shut in a desperate attempt to rest, but he cannot forget when a policeman hit him in the head with a gun. Patricia Sánchez, can’t work. She is in the same situation as her sister: she can’t sleep, she has no appetite and she suffers from anxiety. The constant police vigilance keeps her on edge.
Read MoreResearching the Isle of Youth’s traditions back in 1981, Maria Cristina Eduardo came across something that really struck her, even though it didn’t form part of what we could call “Isle of Youth’s popular culture”: the way that teenagers from different African countries who came to study in Cuba at this time were braiding their hair.
Read MoreLess than 24 hours after the regime of Daniel Ortega committed itself to respect civil and political rights of Nicaraguans, a governing party (FSLN) militant fired shots on a demonstration inside the Metrocentro mall in Managua, seriously wounding three people. The Police also attacked and beat protestors and violently arrested several.
Read MoreWith comprehensive services and protocols to respond and prevent gender-based violence in shortage, academics and activists are developing a community model that establishes these kinds of actions in different neighborhoods across the Cuban capital.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega agreed on Friday, March 29, to reaffirm the nation’s constitutional rights and citizens’ liberties, which had both been violated and truncated since April 2018. The agreement also contemplates the total liberation with full rights of the over 700+ political prisoners, not just their transfer from prison to house arrest.
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