When farmer Eloisa Bocourt requested the lease on the hill that had been used as a quarry to build a highway, it had already been invaded by marabu bush weeds. After five years of hard work, she now has an enviable farm full of medicinal plants, fruit trees and flowers.
Read MoreWind gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour wreaked havoc on Sunday night especially in several Havana municipalities including Regla, 10 de Octubre and Cerro, where walls collapsed, cars overturned and street lights were knocked over, reported dpa news. (37 photos)
Read MoreA group of female political prisoners of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship has promised resistance from the “La Esperanza” (Hope) women’s prison, where some of them have already been convicted and others, like Irlanda Jerez, have been waiting for a hearing for seven months.
Read MoreThe report of an alleged violent act of homophobia in Guira de Melena has revived repeated demands on social media to take perpetrators to court as soon as possible and to pass stricter anti-discriminatory laws in Cuba.
Read MoreCuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel is facing new international challenges in 2019 that could stand in the way of his efforts to overcome the country’s pressing economic needs and to make headway with its still incomplete reforms project.
Read MoreA few months ago, Candelario de JesúsChiquillo Cruz reached Mexico’s southern border and ran into a fence reinforced with barbed wire, while a barrier of police officers sprayed him with gas. Today, he is walking freely over the bridge that crosses the Suchiate River, a natural border with Guatemala.
Read MoreThousands of Nicaraguans went out onto the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica, on Sunday, January 20, to demand an end to the repression and the immediate resignation of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. They marched from the metropolitan park known as La Sabana, down the principal streets of San Jose, to gather in the Plaza de la Democracia, calling for a new Nicaragua.
Read More“We can’t work just to pay the electric bill,” complained José Hilario dos Santos, president of the Residents Association of Morro de Santa Marta, a favela or shantytown embedded in Botafogo, a traditional middle-class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.
Read MoreThe reserves that Nicaragua’s Central Bank utilizes to buy and sell foreign exchange and to meet other financial obligations like the debt payment fell 41% between April and December of 2018, during the months of crisis. This situation threatens the stability of the Córdoba since the reserves are also used to balance the supply and demand of the currency.
Read MoreAfter years of absence, I returned, and I was rediscovering the stained-glass windows that used to challenge my imagination and make me ask about the origins of the anonymous craftsmen who used to play with their color fantasies in such a daring way.
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