July 25th marks the beginning of the annual Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) conference, with dozens of professionals, representatives from universities and other organizations based in the US, other Latin American countries and Europe, guaranteed to attend.
Read MoreOn June 9th journalist Miguel Mora, owner of 100% Noticias, warned that the Nicaraguan government is trying to kill his media through a “civil death,” by preventing the television channel—his only source of income—from returning to the airwaves after the government confiscated it last December.
Read MoreCuba is expecting a 10-per-cent drop in tourists this year compared to 2018 due to renewed sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump, the government said on Thursday.
Read MoreBrazilian congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro [popularly dubbed the Brazilian Trump], said Friday the Foreign Ministry backs his father’s plans to appoint him as the country’s ambassador to the United States.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega commemorated the 40th anniversary of The Repliegue (tactical retreat) to Masaya last week by riding on a Mercedes Benz bus from Managua to Masaya. His was the first in a sea of vehicles that made the journey, accompanied by hundreds of armed police.
Read MoreClean clothes, La Lisa, Havana,Cuba. By Carlyle MacDuff (Scotland). Camera: Pentax Optio
Read MoreIn Louisiana, floodwaters from heavy rains have left much of New Orleans and parts of the Gulf Coast underwater, as Tropical Storm Barry churns offshore ahead of its predicted landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday. As the storm is moving west it is not expected to have any effect on Cuba.
Read MoreNicaraguan journalist and former political prisoner Lucia Pineda Ubau was selected as one of the five winners of the 2019 Courage in Journalism Award, a recognition given by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) to brave women who report “on taboo topics, work in environments hostile to women and share difficult truths.”
Read MoreFor this week we can expect expect abundant cloudiness starting in the morning and with some light showers. In the afternoons the probability of rains will increase, and some isolated storms with electrical activity may occur. The high temperatures will be at 31 and 32° C (88 and 90 F), with the lows at 24 and 25° C (75 and 77 F).
Read MoreIn Washington, D.C., 18 Jewish activists with the group Never Again Action were arrested on Capitol Hill Tuesday as they protested against the jailing of migrants and called on lawmakers to shut down the detention camps and defund ICE and CBP.
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