Reaching 64 years with a good quality of life, in the company of someone you love, with new projects, isn’t very common. The elderly in Cuba get by with a thousand things they need to “resolve” every day, and plus they are victims of prejudice from people who question their utility in society, their understanding and even their sexuality.
Read MoreCarlos admits he’s on the wrong side, and he repeats this realization five times during our conversation. ”I know I’m on the wrong side: I know it, and my wife knows it. It makes me ashamed,” he states. “I felt bad being in that plaza, and holding up a flag bathed in blood,” he adds.
Read MoreDemian Rabilero was in different prisons in Santiago de Cuba for five years (he was a lawyer charged with bribery/corruption). When he got out of jail, in 2003, he found that he didn’t have many friends left on the city’s streets and these “disappearances” led him to come up with the idea for a film: Temporal (2006). Here, he shares his recipe for making a movie with just 20 USD.
Read MoreFor many years now, cancer has been one of the leading causes of death in Cuba. Early detection can prolong patients’ life expectancy and there are many important people who help to deal with the illness during that time who hardly ever get mentioned. Lazara Medina Rodriguez is 55 years old and has been looking after her mother who had rectal cancer surgery five years ago.
Read MoreAgainst all odds, Cuba’s draft constitution has caught the attention of its citizens, a country where there are plenty of displays of frustration. As the saying goes: hope is the last thing you lose. Are we really novices in constitutional laws? We speak with attorney Miguel Angel Palencia Hernandez.
Read MoreThe young girl with the mischievous smile became the first political prisoner to be absolved by the regime of President Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, following 75 days of illegal detention. Elsa was freed last Thursday, September 27, by order of the District Attorney’s office.
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega threatened the private sector because it pretends that the problem in Nicaragua is economic and not political, says Roger Arteaga, the former president of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham-Nicaragua). He points out that this attitude of the government “only achieves that the country’s economic situation worsens.”
Read MoreIn Cuba, physical therapy cannot be limited to a series of procedures and techniques. Yeney Guevara Garrido, 34, works at a rehabilitation center belonging to the Havana municipality of Cotorro. She studied this degree thanks to a call for students who had graduated high school. She is currently getting ready to pick up studying again.
Read MoreThe sociopolitical crisis in Nicaragua over these past five months hasn’t only inflicted a fatal toll on human rights, but it has also hit the economy very hard. It’s been estimated that 347,000 people have been dismissed from their jobs, and losses ascend to some US $946.2 million.
Read MoreThe civic struggle that began on April 18th against the regime of Daniel Ortega continues, but now it is done through alternative and creative ways to protest, such as the barrage of balloons. This was confirmed by panelists during the online discussion “What comes after the balloons?”, organized by the Free Country and Live Movement.
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