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No Sign of Life from Cuba’s Communist Party

The PCC Central Committee met on July 4 & 5, and it was an opportunity for the leadership to face the magnitude of the crisis with frankness.

It’s time to heed the warnings of the past and take decisive action in the present. Let’s start by measuring what really matters.

While many applaud Cuban boxer Andy Cruz’s decision to come back to his homeland to visit family, others attacked him…

What kind of person can deserve such extreme cruelty without provoking sympathy from the rest of society?

How long can a society remain in full collapse without changing—beyond the toxic changes produced by the collapse itself?

The international community must condemn the political assassination of Roberto Samcam in San Jose, Costa Rica.

If this tension continues to build, a spark could ignite another mass protest—one so far been held back by the fear of brutal reprisals.

Governments of Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, traditionally supporters of Russia and Iran, adopt positions from a different perspective.

The situation in Cuba is critical. On June 15, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Cuba recognized this in a Message for the Jubilee Year.

The protection of the human rights of foreign nationals is not only a legal obligation of states—it is also a moral duty…