Despite the police deployment that began in the early hours of Saturday, April 6, and still continues, groups of the self-organized opposition went out for brief moments to demonstrate at “blind points”, in order not to be arrested.
Read More“There’s No Place Like Home”, Sierra Maestra Mountains, Granma Cuba. By Peggy Shand de Canada. Camera: IPhone 7
Read MoreThe Permanent Council of the OAS took up the issue of Nicaragua in a special session on Friday and heard the report of several experts and officials of the organization, among them Luis Angel Rosadilla, delegate of the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, and witness of the negotiations.
Read MoreThis year has brought some changes in the streets of the Cuban capital, and it is that these have been colored with a very striking yellow tone. This is due to the entry into the country of new public transport vehicles brought in from Russia.
Read MoreSculpture by Noel Diaz Gala, a famous Cuban sculptor’s art magnificently composed amidst rocks. Emiliano Joanes from Canada. Camera: Canon Eos 5D Mark II, taken in 2018.
Read MoreThe US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on two transportation companies operating in Venezuela’s oil sector, in a move announced on Friday. The measures appeared designed to also hit out at Cuba, which imports oil on favorable terms from the Latin American country.
Read MoreNicaragua’s government on Friday announced the release of 50 political prisoners to a supervised house arrest, two days after its talks with the opposition were suspended. According to the Inter-American Human Rights Organization list documenting 800+ political prisoners around 200 are ,now under house arrest without civic rights.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States (OAS) meets on Friday in a special session to discuss the ongoing human rights crisis in Nicaragua. The session can be watched live at 1:00 p.m. ET (11 a.m. in Nicaragua) with the sound in Spanish or English. See the links in the article.
Read MoreSupporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and media crews gathered outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Friday, after the whistleblowing website Wikileaks tweeted that Assange was due to be kicked out of the building.
Read MoreEveryone is sleeping, including the cat!. Taken at the Roc Barlevento Hotel, Varadero, Cuba by Ruth Larson of Canada. Huawei P10 Plus Smart cell phone camera.
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