Fred Thomas III, my friend Kirenia and I were sitting in a small cafe in Regla, one of those privately-owned places that some ordinary Cubans can afford, as long as you don’t expect to eat the best quality pizza or sandwich. We were three black people wearing casual clothes…
Read MoreNoise has become a health risk in Cuba. Many people believe that this phenomenon comes from a total lack of consideration and respect for others. Amelia Jimenez is a victim of noise pollution in one of Havana’s countless residential areas.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan economy was a doll with feet of clay, which depended on the understanding between the private and the public sectors to function. However, the government repression against the civic protests dynamited that privileged relationship, revealing the fragility of the national economy, says economist Jose Luis Medal, interviewed on the program “Esta Semana”.
Read More“It is possible that things may get worse before they get better. This regime does not want to negotiate,” says Alejandro Bendana, who hopes that this will be understood soon by some countries that still support or remain silent in the face of Ortega’s arbitrariness. The ex-diplomat believes that pressure is necessary in order to “effectively force a change whether Ortega wants it or not.”
Read MoreThe private sector will not negotiate unilaterally with the government of Daniel Ortega, said Jose Adan Aguerri, President of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP). He maintains that it would be useless if any businessman, large or small, seeks such an agreement, because all credibility in Nicaragua was lost.
Read MoreYep, she likes being called Fara, she enjoys it. With a scarf tied around her hair, she walks around the neighborhood looking for the basics to eat and live. She is a very simple person, of few words and very honest. We have omitted her real name at her request; we will call her F.
Read More“The Constitution is not working; the laws are not worth the paper they are printed on,” said Ramirez, a former Vice President of Nicaragua (1985-1990) and recent winner of the Cervantes Award, the highest Spanish language literary standard. “Confiscation is an unconstitutional measure.” he noted.
Read MoreYerling Aguilera and Jessica Cisneros are two of the spokespersons of the Nicaraguan International Solidarity Caravan in Spain. They arrived with a small suitcase and round-trip tickets. The approval of an antiterrorist law and the detention of two prominent activists —merchant leader Irlanda Jerez and the peasant leader Merardo Mairena—, brought them to Madrid so they could apply for political asylum.
Read MoreLocated on San Nicolas Street in Central Havana, San Judas Tadeo church is suffering social and state indolence, like many other institutions are. As I write, a garbage dump is growing on one of its corners. Dalia Echemendia, one of the neighbors, tells us about the sad situation.
Read More“I have always talked about a complicit silence. However, from the perspective of military ethics, the Army has an obligation to speak out. At least say: ‘Stop the massacre, the illegal arrests, the tortures,’ and tell that to the regime, says defense and national security expert Roberto Cajina.
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