Following five discussion sessions, the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship and the Civic Alliance approved the so-called “roadmap” to begin the political negotiations that could open the doors to finding a solution to the sociopolitical crisis, now in its 11th month. It was triggered by the government repression exerted against widespread civic protests that broke out in April of 2018.
Read MoreThe lawyers who’ve taken on the defense of the dictatorship’s prisoners of conscience face their own ordeals, including fabricated crimes and even attempts on their lives. The Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH) in Nicaragua has defended more than 200 of the dictatorship’s 777 prisoners.
Read MoreDesigned mostly by men, many digital applications are not suitable for women, but some initiatives are beginning to include them as programmers and beneficiaries in Latin America, where the gender gap is also technological.
Read MoreIt was a three-step process. First, make the decision, then say “now”, and then finally find a place. It was either that or lose her mind. That or suffocate in a family environment without any air. One day in May, Heidi went to live on her own, renting a place.
Read MoreIt’s been ten months since the last time that Richard Pavon Bermudez, Carlos Alberto Bonilla, and Alvaro Conrado woke up in the morning. Richard, 17, will never again practice with his school’s rhythm band; the bass drum that Carlos Alberto used to play doesn’t sound anymore; and Alvaro, 15, never got to participate in that track competition he had been preparing for.
Read MoreIn the tiny eastern Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, proverbs relating to the weather are very common.Everyone knows that “Who has cocoa outside must look out for rain”, has nothing to do with the drying of the bean from which chocolate is made or the sudden downpours common in this tropical nation.
Read MoreThe government media is still hung up with its celebration of the YES vote for the new Constitution which has set socialism in Cuba in stone. Meanwhile, a liter of cooking oil was being resold for 3 CUC (equivalent of the USD), obtained after waiting in long lines by the resellers for 2 CUC, the official price at state-run hard-currency stores (TRDs).
Read MoreCrime, a key issue in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s election in Brazil, has a dimension that is gaining in visibility and could turn against his government: gender violence. Elaine Caparroz, a 55-year-old landscaper, was beaten for four hours in the early hours of Jan. 16 in her own home. As a result, she was unrecognizable, lost a tooth and needed 60 stitches.
Read MoreAt the end of the second round of negotiations on Thursday, the regime persisted in its close-mindedness. The “arm-wrestling” takes place over the subject of guarantors and mediators. The Government maintains that the crisis is a problem of Nicaraguans and that we must resolve it without international guarantors,” said sources close to the process.
Read MoreIn the 1950s, it was common for people who lived in the city’s outskirts to say “let’s go shopping in Havana!” whenever they went to Central Havana or Old Havana. They would head to an impressive congregation of stores selling everything you could possibly imagine back then. Today, only the buildings remain…
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