The global #MeToo movement has put a spotlight on sexual harassment and violence in various industries including the film and music industries. Is it now time for the fashion industry to address these issues within their supply chains, one organization says.
Read MoreA young French woman living in Marbella sang “Comme d’habitude” masterfully in the 1968 edition of the Voice of Spain, a competition like Got Talent, but focused on singers with no real recognition in the world of music. “My Way” (A mi manera in Spanish) are versions of the French song that made its mark in Cuba.
Read MoreA detailed analysis of the arsenal used by the army of the Ortega regime’s paramilitary forces against the population in Nicaragua during the civic rebellion demonstrates the deployment and use of at least seven types of war weapons, and also suggests that the unit of Tactics and Weapons Police of Intervention and Rescue (TAPIR) was involved in the massacre.
Read MoreFebruary is suitable for declarations of love and reconciliation, on Valentine’s Day, with exchange of kisses, poems and flowers. For Cubans, it is still the “Day of Lovers”, with new meanings in this new millennium. Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers.
Read MoreTo followers of Daniel Ortega, Roberto Cruz became a traitor. And that’s a crime that party loyalists know you pay for in spades. Roberto knew this too, but, even so, he was willing to pay for his rebellion by going to jail. He’d always been a Sandinista. Even a month before they arrested him, he’d remarked to his wife: “[Daniel Ortega] could have left office as Nicaragua’s best president.”
Read MoreSolar panels shine on the rooftop terraces of 10 neat buildings with perfectly straight lines and of uniform height, an image of modernity that contrasts with the precariously-built dwellings with unplastered concrete block walls just a few meters away, with rooms added in a disorderly manner, surrounded by a tangle of electric cables.
Read MoreA comprehensive gardening store “Oasis Nelva” sprouted up on the corner of Habana and Muralla streets, seven years ago. Carmen Monteagudo Garcia, “the responsibly crazy store manager” (as she calls herself) tells us that she always wanted a business like this one.
Read MoreThe Granada that Rodolfo Sanchez knew has changed radically with the political crisis that’s shaken Nicaragua. Sanchez, a young man with a hearing disability, has worked at the Café de las Sonrisas (Cafe of Smiles) for seven years. When the city was left without tourists, he was nearly left unemployed.
Read MoreClaudia has been told “you’re mine” and has heard people say to others: “don’t get mixed up with her, she’s my girl.” She went from being “a disgrace” to having “so many boyfriends in the incredible DotA (game).” However, she tells us, laughing, that they aren’t used to seeing her play. Male gamers look after her because “hell, there aren’t any girls that play DotA.”
Read MoreUS sanctions to Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), that already include Alba of Nicaragua (Albanisa), have also reached the Banco Corporativo SA (Bancorp) and all majority-owned subsidiaries, announced the Deputy Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere Affairs, Kimberly Breier on Friday, Feb. 8th.
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