Despite being surrounded by her family, Ruth Matute Valdivia isn’t completely happy. It’s true that she’s exchanged the hostile environment of the Prison Hospital in La Esperanza jail for the welcoming climate of her home in Monimbo, Masaya; however, she still doesn’t feel free. “This is a temporary arrangement. I won’t be free until I receive my letter of release,” she expressed.
Read MoreThe UN Security Council failed to reach any agreement on how to address the crisis in Venezuela on Thursday, despite voting on two resolutions. As expected, Russia and China used their vetoes to block a United States resolution calling for “free, fair and credible” presidential elections in Venezuela.
Read MoreThe trip from prison to her home in Jinotepe on Wednesday was eternal for Delmi Portocarrero. During the trip, which lasted just over an hour, she had time to remember when she was captured by paramilitaries on November 7 of last year, the five long interrogations to which she was subjected, when she fainted due to lack of medicines and when another prisoner of Russian nationality wanted to kill her.
Read MoreThe violent repression that prevented food and medical aid from crossing into Venezuela, which left at least four people dead and 58 with gunshot wounds, has distanced solutions to what is today Latin America’s biggest political crisis, although 10 countries in the hemisphere are stepping up the pressure while at the same time ruling out the use of force.
Read MoreSlaps, beatings, being pushed, hair pulled or having objects being thrown with the intention of causing pain, are all displays of the physical violence that many women describe in their relationships, according to the recently released National Gender Equality Survey.
Read More“With all due respect for the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, we believe that we shouldn’t be sitting down to dialogue without first having certain requisites fulfilled, because we’re facing a situation of permanent human rights violation,” said Vilma Nuñez, president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), upon learning of the talks to resume starting Feb. 27th.
Read MoreCubans have approved a new constitution with almost 87 per cent voting in favor, the country’s National Electoral Commission said Monday. Nine percent voted against and about four percent submitted blank or spoiled ballots. The constitution maintains both socialism as the state ideology and a one-party system. It also introduces the figure of a prime minister.
Read MoreVenezuelan volunteers were defying an army blockade on Saturday in an attempt to bring humanitarian aid into their crisis-hit country from Colombia while unrest spread on the Venezuelan side of the border. Three trucks carrying aid that managed to cross into Venezuela were completely burned by Police. In Caracas, President Maduro broke off relations with Colombia.
Read MoreWithout access to public spaces, the “NO” campaign is doing the rounds on social media, headed by voices of the socialist government’s traditional opposition and other critics who aren’t dissidents, but are displaying their activism online in a country where Internet access is growing in spite of it still being limited and difficult to access due to its high cost for ordinary citizens.
Read MoreDuring his last trip to Cuba in December, 2018, Peter B Kappelmann, a retired senior citizen who has been a frequent visitor to Cuba since 2007, was robbed big-time at Terminal 3 of the Jose Marti International Airport. The following is his recount of what happened…
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