Dioblan Hernandez: “This began after I carried out a 10-year research project in Material Science, which involved using a material in the form of paints, which has another industrial use but has also been used for art. Great discoveries and efforts of many people throughout the history of humankind lie behind every color, every paint we use.” (20 photos)
Read MoreLesther Aleman turned 21 in exile. He always believed that he would leave Nicaragua to study, but it was not like that. He left under a strong political persecution and threats of imprisonment by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, after becoming the young man who confronted the president at the National Dialogue.
Read MoreMeeting Nancy Alfaya is something quite extraordinary. She moves you with the power she emanates, from the very first moment. A combination of security and charm, mixed in with overwhelming enthusiasm. She is one of those women I would like to see in Cuban history books.
Read MoreUnder the expressed orders of Daniel Ortega, the Nicaraguan Police used officers with experience in criminal investigation to “make a file” on the leaders of the students’ protests, peaceful demonstrations and barricades/roadblocks in the country. With that information the order was to detain them in their homes or directly “eliminate them,” says a former Police lieutenant.
Read MoreA documentary, “La Arrancada” (On the starting line) about a Cuban family facing an uncertain future has its world premiere tonight Feb. 12 at the Berlin International Film Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious cinema events.
Read MoreCuba’s housing situation is a thorn in the flesh for many Cubans. Magda Espinosa, 74, and a resident in Central Havana tells us about the unease a sign that reads “Homes being constructed for soldiers” causes her. It hangs above a house in ruins on Animas Street.
Read MoreI am a Portuguese socialist and I am very proud of that. What I have seen in Nicaragua has nothing to do with socialism. What I saw were violations of human rights, violations to the rule of law, violations of the most basic democratic procedures.
Read MoreThere are two faces often in the US news these days, Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Trump has been on the front pages daily for the last three years, shooting from the hip. Ocasio-Cortez, has just proposed a sweeping “Green New Deal” for the US that is shaking up the status quo politicians in her own party, as well as in the country’s corporate world.
Read MoreIn recent years Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have experienced escalated climate change impacts from hurricanes, tropical storms and other weather-related events thanks to global warming of 1.0 ° Celsius (C) above pre-industrial levels. And it has had adverse effects on particularly vulnerable countries and communities.
Read MoreThe package of fiscal and Social Security reforms imposed by the Nicaraguan Government, hoping to raise tax collection, faces a unanimous rejection by business chambers: “It means a coup d’état to the economy, it will cause more unemployment and capital flight,” summarized the President of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep), Jose Adan Aguerri.
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