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Nicaragua Has a New Torture Locale for Political Prisoners

The prisoners’ conditions: forced disappearance, daily interrogations, unsanitary cells, 24-hour illumination and a lack of sunlight.

Moscow and Havana are “in contact” and “working” to clarify the issue of hiring Cubans in both countries to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Intellectuals who have dared to raise their voices, even if only slightly, have suffered the iron hand of the repressive state apparatus.

“We have not indicated nor are we going to indicate a demobilization (of the workforce),” clarified the Minister of Economy, Alejandro Gil.

“About 140 Cubans are currently in Russia, most of them aware of the risks and a minority declaring that they had been deceived.”

Most protestors in Nuevitas who were accused and taken to trial are facing sedition charges, a serious crime against the state of Cuba.

Those who once promoted executions of “snitches”, made the term more polite and created a system of “informers”.

“We deeply regret this situation,” say the school’s authorities, after noting that more than 4,000 students have graduated on their campus.

She is also known as the “godmother of Nicaraguan migrants”, as her work is recognized by CNN as one of the heroes of the year.

The residents of Dragones Street built a parapet made of buckets and plastic tanks, which prevented the passage of vehicles & police patrols.