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Nicaraguan Government’s Land Grab, What it Means

A new law nationalizes 14% of national territory, including cities and Indigenous communities. We speak with residents of the border zone.

We visit the Mariano Rodríguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana. There is currently an exhibition with roosters as its main theme. (12 photos)

Brazil is known more for exporting primary products such as iron ore, oil, coffee, and soybeans rather than value-added industrial goods.

“I only have 180 pesos left,” says a retiree waiting in line at the bank, but he’ll have to come back because it wasn’t his day to collect.

“If that Cuba is in US dollars, then I can’t go in,” complains an elderly Communist Party member.

“People are starting to have a realization that what they were promised isn’t going to come to fruition and they were lied to …”

Most were involved in the 2018 protests and are linked to Colegio San José. The regime has not revealed their whereabouts.

Industrial pollution, fecal contamination, and neglect mark day-to-day life for those who live in “El Fanguito,” beside the Almendares River.

The Cuban State press last spoke about the Antillana de Acero steel industry in December 2023. The positive news then turned to silence.

“This is no longer justice; it’s exemplary punishment,” laments his brother, a lieutenant colonel in the Armed Forces.