One of the most prominent Catholic intellectuals in Cuba, agricultural engineer and editor of wide-ranging publications such as the now-disappeared secular/Catholic magazine Vitral and the website Convivencia, Dagoberto Valdes Hernandez spoke with HT on the sidelines of a conference of the Association for the Study on the Cuban Economy (ASCE).
Read MoreAlthough the “circulation” of vehicles and people has increased little by little, the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) of the OAS maintains that in Nicaragua there is no “normality,” as the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo proclaims.
Read MoreEdwin Roman is a civic hero for people from Masaya. He asks: “How is it that a government that calls itself Christian is killing its own people, and is against their rights as citizens?
Read MoreI’m sitting in front of an old man who personally knew and served the group of young men who attacked the Moncada barracks in 1953. Most people don’t believe his story, but he doesn’t mind. With a serious, tired and very humble face, he tells the story of a part of his life to whoever wants to hear it.
Read MoreErnesto Jose Reyes Morales is 45 years old and he was in a prison in Quivican, located in Mayabeque province, in 2001. He was charged with misappropriation of funds and he had to serve this unfair sentence. State resources, in the area that he was responsible for, disappeared.
Read MoreAccording to Jon Lee Anderson (legendary US journalist who has covered events in dozens of countries and published articles in several of the world’s most prestigious media), Latin America and the world in general are going through a crisis that cannot only be viewed from the old Left-Right dichotomy.
Read More“There are two paths: confrontation which will destroy the country; or return to dialogue, dissolve the paramilitaries, cease persecution and free political prisoners,” former FSLN National Directorate member Jaime Wheelock told Confidencial.
Read MoreMaintaining this current situation is very expensive, inefficiency becomes eternal, statistics are distorted, there are no incentives for foreign investment. The dilemma lies between the foolproof benefits in the medium/long term and the immediate shock to the economy once it is implemented, which might even make it collapse.
Read MoreThree moments since April 18 have strongly marked Silvio Jose Baez, the auxiliary bishop of Managua and one of Nicaragua’s most respected priests. One of those moments was the murder of the first young man by the National Police near the Polytechnic University (Upoli). He cried as he watched the news that day…
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s loss of credibility with the US government has grown in recent years, and, after the brutal repression since April, Arturo Cruz, a former ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States, sees it unlikely that there will be an understanding between Ortega and president Trump, as the Nicaraguan president has suggested in his interviews with the international press.
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