Juan Sebastian Gomez began making videos for fun. He wanted to make people laugh, and in 2012, with that in mind, he encouraged his friends from the university to open a YouTube channel with him. But it wasn’t until a year ago that he decided to open a channel just for himself. He continued making comic videos and rarely spoke about politics. Up until now.
Read MoreBernardo Comas Aguilera made his mark on an era in global amateur boxing when he became a celebrity in the ring, but the man who was born on November 14th 1960 in what was then the Camaguey province, over eight hours away from Havana, had never thought about boxing.
Read MoreAuthor Sergio Ramirez laments the new exile forced on Carlos Mejia Godoy, walks us through a review of the singer-songwriter’s career, and recognizes what his work has meant for Nicaragua. “He’s the mirror that reflects Nicaragua,”
Read MoreIn the last two decades, civic protests have exploded in Latin America and Europe – in Chile, Guatemala, Venezuela and Spain, among other places, borne out of an “indignation” about the closing off of political spaces, corruption and the power of the political elite. In all cases, the common denominator has been the central role of the university students.
Read MoreLuis Enrique (Mejia Lopez), Nicaraguan singer and song writer, recognized internationally as the Prince of Salsa, just launched the video of his song “Mordaza” (Gag rule), supporting the empowerment of the people protesting against the Ortega-Murillo regime.
Read MoreCubans have looked for many ways to survive endemic shortages. Many have embarked on the adventure of going to other countries to look for products to bring back and sell in Cuba. Yanet Salgado Oliva is 24 years old, from Mayabeque, and she regularly travels to Guyana.
Read MoreNicaraguan president Daniel Ortega denies that he has quashed the protests through repression, doesn’t feel responsible for those who died in the streets in the last four-plus months, and blames the United States and drug traffickers for financing, supporting and arming violent groups.
Read MoreTwenty-four hours before leaving Nicaragua after being expelled by the government, as part of the UN’s team from the Office on the High Commission of Human Rights, head of mission Guillermo Fernandez Maldonado, expressed his concern for the abandonment of the victims of repression who have the right to “truth, justice and compensation”.
Read MoreIn an interview with the Voice of America, Rosario Murillo’s daughter Zoilamerica Ortega Murillo, called Daniel Ortega’s government weak, and noted that as both an opportunity and a danger for Nicaraguans. She argues that Ortega has lost his legitimacy, and says that the country is undergoing a second process of liberation.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s regime has unleashed a witch-hunt, targeting people who have participated in the demonstrations demanding an end to his dictatorship. The round-up has concentrated principally on university students who since April have been demanding that the government leave power.
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