“After so long, new generations of Cuban-Americans have appeared who are more American than Cuban, as they haven’t grown up or lived in Cuba. Therefore, they don’t carry Cuba in their hearts in the same way and they don’t really identify themselves with the island. “
Read MoreThe impact of the Informative Caravan in Solidarity with Nicaragua, that has travelled through various countries of the European Union, has been slow but significant. Madelaine Caracas explained that little by little the media, human rights organizations and left-wing political parties, opened the door to putting the issue of Nicaragua and the repression of Daniel Ortega’s regime that has cause more than 300 dead on their agenda.
Read MoreAccording to the well-known feminist poet, Gioconda Belli, the international community must “act for the good of the Nicaraguans and convince Ortega that in this century there can no longer be tyrants who try to lock a country in a cage and throw the key out to the sea.”
Read MoreOn August 13th, the popular consultation phase of the draft Constitution began and it will end on November 15th. We spoke with Maykel Gonzalez Vivero, an independent journalist and LGBTI activist in Villa Clara province, about this process that has just begun on the island.
Read MoreOne 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.
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