Miguel Díaz-Canel’s new government in Cuba continues with a “repressive state machine” that overshadows advances such as the possibility of marriage between people of the same sex, said Amnesty International (AI) on Friday.
Read MorePersecution of Nicaraguans who support the ongoing protests against the government of Daniel Ortega has become commonplace in the country. Ortega considers the violence of his paramilitary forces a legitimate defense against what he calls “coup” promoters and supporters trying to topple his legitimate government.
Read MoreWith the title “Economic challenges of the new government of Cuba,” former professor of the University of Havana Omar Everleny, reviewed the essential issues facing President Diaz-Canel, in a presentation that opened the XXVIII Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) in Miami.
Read More“Once again, an adverse scenario has been created and the euphoria in our enemies resurfaces,” Castro told thousands of people gathered for the rally broadcast live on state television.
Read MoreLittle change in weather conditions is expected this forecast week. The days will rise with little cloud cover, increasing slightly in the afternoons, with some scattered rains. The high temperatures will be at 32 and 33° C (90 and 91 F), with the lows around 25° C (77 F).
Read MoreThe Brazilian Embassy in Nicaragua confirmed the murder of Brazilian citizen Rayneia Lima on Monday night, when she was returning from her shift at work at the Carlos Roberto Huembes Hospital. The 31-year-old victim was a medical student at the American University (UAM) and was in the final year of her degree.
Read MoreThe Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) will soon hold its 28th annual conference at the Miami Hilton Downtown, where twenty-something US and Latin American institutions and universities will discuss top priority issues such as Cuba’s dual currency system/monetary unification, self-employment and agriculture.
Read MoreSunday, in a meeting of Sandinistas in Masaya “to ratify their support for the government led by Commander Daniel Ortega and Comrade Rosario Murillo”, “hundreds of militants asked the top Party official at the meeting, Guiomar Irias, for the government to fire the hundreds of ‘coup supporters’ employed by government institutions.”
Read MoreThe reforms in the Cuban Constitution under discussion this weekend may modify its text to recognize same-sex marriage, one of the great demands of the LGTBIQ community of the island, according to information released from the closed door meetings.
Read MoreIn Nicaragua, it has become “normal” to read daily that the paramilitary forces of the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo kidnap and disappear persons, according to lists or photographs, of those having participated in or supported the protests of the last three months. Valeska Sandoval is one of the latest victims.
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