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Unicef Reveals Violence Used to Discipline Children in Cuba

The sanction of a teacher who assaulted a 5-year-old child with a wooden instrument in the town of Jarahueca is not an isolated incident.

In the absence of stevedores, the Cuban authorities summon the population and the Army to help unload the ships.

“Our reports started in 2010 & the government has not acted to eradicate rapes against girls. We fear that once again there will be impunity”.

Older daughters take on the role of mother when their mother migrates in search of better economic opportunities.

Public schools lost 2,931 teachers between 2019 & May 2024, says official data. Teachers denounce abuses and indoctrination by the regime.

Virtual trials are indeed contemplated by Nicaraguan law, but regime authorities do not respect procedural guarantees.

Not all private businesses on the Island receive the same treatment by the Cuban Government. We feature two cases.

A meeting of private business owners with a Deputy Minister of Finance and Prices exposes tensions over new price caps.

Tirso Celedon, president of Agronegocios Comerciales, is the Ortega-Murillo family’s main figurehead in energy and real estate businesses.

Maximum profit limits for private sector sales to State companies took effect on Monday July 1st throughout Cuba.