In an attempt to prevent reporting of the police violence against peaceful protestors, the Ortega riot squads also attacked journalists trying to cover the protest march on Saturday, reports La Prensa.
Read MoreSunset from Havana’s Capitolio Building. By Andy Tommasi from Italy. Camera: Son a7r
Read MoreThe Blue and White National Unity coalition maintains its call to demonstrate this Saturday afternoon in demand for the “unconditional and absolute” release of the hundreds of citizens jailed for protesting against the government of Daniel Ortega. On Friday, the National Police denied permission for the march and stepped up its presence in the center of the capital.
Read MoreThe Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy demanded on Thursday that the Government of Daniel Ortega free “without any delay” the political prisoners, as a sign of the “good progress” of negotiations to overcome the crisis that the country lives, while more civil society groups, relatives of political prisoners and peasants continue to distance themselves from the negotiations with the dictatorship, just as the students did on Wednesday.
Read MoreAmerican Airlines on Friday announced the suspension of flights to Venezuela over safety concerns as self-declared interim president Juan Guaido called for more nationwide protests. American Airlines said it had temporarily suspended flights into and out of Caracas and Maracaibo. The US airline operates three daily flights to Venezuela from Miami, Florida.
Read MoreHemingway’s Finca Vigia, Havana, Cuba. By Pete Little Canada. Camera: Panasonic DMC ZS1
Read MoreThe National Blue and White Unity movement (UNAB) convoked today a demonstration in the streets for this Saturday, March 16, to demand the “absolute and unconditional” freedom of the hundreds of prisoners arrested for protesting against the regime of Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreEcuador will withdraw from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), the country’s president announced. “UNASUR has become a political platform which destroyed the integration dream that we were sold,” Ecuador President Lenin Moreno said in a televised speech. The process takes six months to fully leave the organization.
Read MoreCuba denied today that health symptoms affecting staff of the US and Canadian embassies resulted from high-tech attacks and accused Washington of irresponsibility when using such terminology. Tensions are running high between Washington and Havana over US support to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s attempt to oust President Nicolas Maduro, the Cuban government’s top ally.
Read MoreThe two young men who killed seven people and themselves at a school in south-eastern Brazil wanted to imitate similar incidents in the United States, local media said Thursday. The attackers, aged 17 and 25, were former students of the school in Suzano, Sao Paulo state.They entered the school during a break on Wednesday morning and opened fire.
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