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Retail in Cuba with Dollar Accounts Heading for Failure, Economists Warn.

Two Cuban economists comment on the new US dollar stores on the island.

“I was a Sandinista”, Nicaraguans Tell Their Story

They grew up hearing about Sandino and the FSLN; and now they reject the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

Cuba’s Dengue Epidemic and Fighting the Mosquito

Dengue fever spreads throughout Cuba. Eneida de la Cruz Naranjo contracted the virus, was hospitalized, and returned to her home.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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”.

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)

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.