Finding value in something that has passed its expiry date and has no more wear and tear is part of the recycling process in Cuba. There are different mechanisms to ensure this: raw material collectors are one of them. Ernesto Rodriguez de la O (67 years old) forms part of this broad framework.
Read MoreBorn in the ‘60s, a rocker and fan, Yram Marreo introduces himself in a comical way: “I-I-I am a stutterer who was born in Santa Clara”… but I met him a few months ago in Trinidad, testing out a light set next to an outdoor charcoal furnace.* He moved to this city a few years ago with his wife, when he was sure that photography was his life.
Read MoreIn an interview with journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, on the television program “Esta Semana”, Dora Maria Tellez argued that the resignation of Solis from the State-FSLN Party controlled by the presidential couple is a political earthquake.
Read MoreRene Fernandez (76 years old) opened up his cafe in the ‘90s, when some independent labor was authorized. He is one of the people who have stayed in the private sector, in spite of its any ups and downs. He considers himself a loyal supporter of the Revolution who tries to adjust to the times.
Read MoreEdgard Parrales was a priest and is a lawyer. He is 76 years old and knows Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega well. In the eighties, he was a Sandinista Government Ambassador to the OAS and also held other public posts with the same government.
Read MoreFred 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.
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