Meddling; terrorist actions; “distortion” in 1978, or “fake news” in 2018 – the allegations used by the Somoza regime are the same ones that Ortega is now using. That’s the comparison made by educator Carlos Tunnermann, also a member of the Group of Twelve during the struggle against Somoza.
Read MoreThe Executive’s proposal to issue 9.035 billion Cordobas (over $280 million USD) in Bonds, and to request the creation of “Financial Stability Bonds (BEF)”, at times of high uncertainty (political, social, economic, etc.), far from propping up the desired “stability,” may rather lead in the opposite direction.
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition legislator Juan Requesens and two top military officials were arrested and charged with treason after president, Nicolas Maduro, accused them of being involved in the alleged attempt on his life, chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab announced on Tuesday. A total of 34 persons are thus far arrested or wanted in the case.
Read MoreOn the morning of May 3rd this year, environmentalist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola was working on his farm in Viñales, western Cuba, when two forest rangers approached him. The encounter would lead to his arrest and after a speedy trial he received a one year jail sentence.
Read MoreEvery morning, Julio travels the same route: he rides a bike along Tulipan Street, crosses Loma and then reaches Colon Avenue. For five years now, Julio has been casually riding through Nuevo Vedado selling ice-cream bars. He buys the bars, covered in a thin layer of chocolate, from a small creamery that supplies street sellers and cafes in the neighborhood.
Read MoreThe invitation to come out and demand freedom for the political prisoners included an option to demonstrate on foot or by bicycle. However, in the end the response was much broader: people also followed the route on motorcycles, skates, wheelchairs or skateboards. A television commentator even went in a quadricycle.
Read MoreAfter 34 years of giving classes, a teacher from Pueblo Nuevo received a letter of dismissal at her home. She claims that it was because she supported anti-government marches. Reprisals against teachers have occurred in Esteli, Condega and Pueblo Nuevo.
Read MoreThey just appear. Very rarely does anyone sees who is doing them. They have no signatures. No one claims authorship. It could be dangerous to put a name to something that challenges and mocks power. When a passerby walks in front of them, they read them, observe them and even feel them.
Read MoreIf you walk down 23rd street early in the morning, this main avenue in Havana stirs like many others in the world between beeping and the sound of car engines, but a horde of classic US cars drive alongside modern European makes of cars, contending with them on the road and astonishing visitors. (7 photos)
Read MoreUntil last March, the Chinandega Maracuya Company (Chimaco) Project was the crown jewel of PRONicaragua, the government’s investment promotion agency, which chose it as “project of the year”; and as such, presented them to the International Global Investment Award Contest, in Dubai…
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