Interviews Archives - Page 66 of 147

“I Wanted a New Shirt”, from Santa Clara, Cuba

You go to a wedding dressed your best and, if you can’t… well, then I invite you to meet my interviewee whose desire to wear a nice shirt to go to a wedding turned his life upside down.

Tattoos in Cuba, Increasingly Popular

Tattoos are widely accepted by young people in Cuba, although some people are still taken aback by this new trend. Ana Maria Herrera tells what tattoos have meant to her.

A Work of Art Competition: Just for Black People?

Susana Pilar Elahante Matienzo realized that she didn’t know her own hair, at 17 or 18 years old, when she went to study at the Superior Arts University (ISA).

Julian Assange Arrested in London, US Wants Him

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces U.S. Charges Related to Chelsea Manning Leaks, informs Democracy Now on Thursday morning after his sudden arrest at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Nicaragua: “Political Prisoners Endure Cruel and Inhumane Conditions”

Although he was imprisoned for seven months in the La Modelo prison, the university leader, Levis Artola Rugama, now under house arrest, did not lose his sense of humor nor the charm that characterize him. Neither did he lose the rebelliousness that motivated him to get involved in the protests against the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

Market Socialism, a Proposal for Cuba by Carmelo Mesa-Lago

From the pages of the New York Times, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, a Cuban economist and professor at the University of Pittsburgh, recently published an opinion piece with his political proposal for the economy of subversive implications.

Nicaraguan Feminists in Exile: “While Ortega Remains in Power, Nobody will be Safe.”

In Managua, Matagalpa, Leon, and different cities around the country, the civic protest has counted on a strong women’s participation. Among them, the feminists stand out. For more than ten years, they have maintained a position critical of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

“Daniel and Rosario Decided Not to Move Up the Elections” in Nicaragua

Former magistrate Rafael Solis, previously one of Comandante Daniel Ortega’s principal political operators within the Judiciary, was surprised by Foreign Minister Denis Moncada’s declarations regarding the government’s refusal to discuss early elections at the dialogue being held at the INCAE business school in Managua.

The Sanchez Sisters: Imprisoned and Tortured in Nicaragua for Marching

On her knees in a preventive holding cell at the infamous El Chipote interrogation jail, Yolanda Sanchez Moraga thought about her twelve-year-old daughter, while a guard threatened to cut off her hands and to give her over to some policemen to be raped. She cried with fear and in vain implored them to leave her in peace.

“Exiled” from Nicaragua: Portrait of a Sexual Abuse Survivor

It’s always hard for a sexual abuse victim to come forward and speak about her tragedy with an outsider. Even more so, if there’s a video camera running between the two. Leonor Zuniga believes that Zoilamerica Narvaez agreed to speak with her about the denunciation of her stepfather, Daniel Ortega, “because I promised her two things.”