On the eighth of each month, exiles from the Nicaraguan city of Jinotepe in Costa Rica remember the atrocious attack perpetrated by paramilitaries and police in Carazo. On July 8, 2018, the Ortega-Murillo regime ordered the dismantling of roadblocks in that department, one of the main bastions of civic protest, which broke out in April throughout the country.
Read MoreIn general terms, the level of urbanization of the population went from 43.9% (1907) to 76.8% (2012). Seven years ago, 2,106,146 people lived in Havana alone, approximately 19% of the total Cuban population.
Read MoreThe civic insurrection that we experienced last year was a wakeup call for everybody. As architects we had to pay attention and take note. Ideally, cities are built by architects and urban planners in a manner that best suit the interests of the people. But the people never cease to amaze us and use urban space and buildings in a brand-new way. New ways which were mostly designed to protect and shelter against State violence.
Read MoreThe onset of the rainy season and with it the agricultural cycle is “just around the corner”. However, the banks aren’t offering credit, even though the tax reforms have increased the cost of all inputs for this sector.
Read MoreToday, the US Embassy in Cuba is just a symbol of what it could have been during the brief détente. Its flag still flaps in the wind on one side of the building, but with the US returning to a position of conflict, its activity has been reduced to the bare minimum and reminds us of the worst moments in the long years of bilateral tensions.
Read More“There aren’t any flights until May,” an employee at Avianca airlines tells the crowd of people who line up. They sell plane tickets to Nicaragua at their office, located on the ground floor of the Habana Libre hotel in Vedado, and ever since late January, there has been a long line out the door.
Read MoreFor nearly three decades, several communities in southeastern El Salvador have collectively and efficiently managed the water they consume, but monoculture production and climate change put their water at risk.
Read MoreJulia Malbina Bermudez, wife of retired Nicaraguan army major, Tomás Maldonado, believes that the 90-day deadline the government set to free all political prisoners in the La Modelo prison is too long. She does not believe Daniel Ortega will keep his promise because many analysts and international diplomats think the dictator is a serial liar.
Read MoreA Havana mother says if it weren’t for rental platforms like Airbnb she wouldn’t have any time to spend with her family. Lisandra Cordero is a young mother of two who quit her demanding bartending job on a cruise line to rent full time through Airbnb.
Read More“What has happened in Nicaragua overcomes fiction, it is already a tragic realism that Nicaraguans live in. It is a horror soap opera that never ends,” says Arquimedes Gonzalez, the author of “Waiting for April”, in an interview with Acan-EFE.
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