Cochabamba: Violence Escalates as Mass Protests Denounce Massacre in Bolivia (Video)
UN special envoy Jean Arnault on Sunday called for talks between interim president Jeanine Áñez and leaders of Evo Morales’s political party MAS.
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Interviews
US Denies and Delays Visas to Cuban diplomats
Recently at the United Nations, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla described the deteriorating scenario in the US-Cuba relations…
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A Debate on the Political Crisis in Bolivia
We host a debate on the political crisis in Bolivia with Pablo Solón, former ambassador to the UN under President Evo Morales until 2011, and Kevin Young, assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Amnesty International: VP Murillo’s Hate Rhetoric Incites Violence in Nicaragua
“VP Rosario Murillo invites other people to attack and criminalize those who have protested in the streets,” declares Erika Guevara of Amnesty International.
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Punishment Vote against Ruling Parties Spreads in Latin America
Expert analyzes elections in Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay. Daniel Zovatto maintains that the trend is not an “ideological vote”.
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Aleido’s Love for his Pigeons in Matanzas, Cuba
Pigeon rearing has more detractors than followers in Cuba, yet it’s pretty normal to find young people and adults who dedicate themselves to looking after this bird in different municipalities across Matanzas. Aleido Urrutia has been an enthusiast for 35 years. (8 photos)
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Environmental Activism Rising in Central Cuba
Beyond the scene in Havana, environmental activism is also gaining ground in Cuban provinces such as Sancti Spiritus in the center of the country, where a group of young people clean beaches with an appeal to raise public awareness.
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Lebanon’s PM Hariri Resigns, But Protests For a New Government Continue
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the resignation of his government on Tuesday following nearly two weeks of nationwide anti-government protests. In a televised address, al-Hariri said he had hit a “dead end” in resolving the crisis.
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Monsignor Alvarez: “Here in Nicaragua We’ve Lost our Fear”
“I don’t see any contradiction between Christianity and love for one’s country,” states Monsignor Alvarez, in reference to members of his congregation who manifest their demands for freedom and justice, under the auspices of church celebrations and the religious processions.
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‘I Didn’t Use the Opposition Struggle as a Trampoline to Leave Cuba’
From forbidden to travel to a “VIP” in Havana Airport, a controversial and uneasy activist, even among other activists, an applicant for political asylum in Spain; a doctor of medicine turned B&B apartment worker.
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