News

Nicaragua: Ortega Refuses to Discuss Early Elections

A new session of Nicaragua’s national dialogue concluded Monday without relevant agreements, following the government’s steadfast refusal to discuss early elections and the replacement of electoral and judicial authorities, said leaders of the opposition Civic Alliance.

Read More

Cuban Scientist Ariel Ruiz Demands Freedom or Death

Cuban scientist and farmer, Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, is now in the prisoner ward of the Abel Santamaria Provincial Hospital in Pinar del Rio, and has not yet been given serums. Ariel has been on a total hunger and liquid strike for eight days. His sister tries to visit him.

Read More

OAS Special Session Friday on Nicaragua Crisis

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) meets on Friday morning at 10 AM in Washington D.C. (8 AM in Nicaragua) in a special session to hear and address a report on the crisis taking place in Nicaragua since April 18th.

Read More

Nicaragua: Government Allows Mass Land Invasions

Invasions of private properties have increased swiftly in different Nicaraguan departments, including Managua, in recent days. People affected have reported that land-takers are taking advantage of the country’s socio-political crisis and the National Police’s decision to not deal with such illegal actions, which is making legal uncertainty in the country worse.

Read More

Havana Weather for June 21-27

The days will be warm and partly cloudy, with some showers in the afternoons. The winds will be variable and weak in the mornings, and in the afternoons breezes with speeds of up to 25 km/h. The maximum temperatures will be stable at 31° C (88 F), while the lows will be between 23 and 24° C (73 and 75 F).

Read More

Cuban Farmer/Journalist Osmel Ramirez Back in Jail

On Tuesday when we published a commentary by the farmer and journalist Osmel Ramirez Alvarez on the subject of reforms to the Cuban Constitution, we did not imagine that he had been arrested a short time earlier in his house for writing in publications like ours, which are not controlled by the government.

Read More

Masaya, Nicaragua Stormed by Paramilitary Forces and Police

Shooting at will, riot police and paramilitary forces took control of part of the City of Masaya, to the east of Nicaragua’s capital on Tuesday, after they broke down roadblocks, which had been set up by civilian protesters. Human rights organizations have announced that there have been at least five fatalities and 71 people injured, at a first count.

Read More