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Nicaragua: The Future of a Generation is at Play

I read an interview with the valiant young Nahiroby Olivas. He stated: “While Ortega is in power, there’s no future for my generation.”

I have said many a time that I’m against the embargo the US gov. imposes on Cuba. I also supported normalizing relations that Obama promoted.

We were inspired by the controversy generated by the poster of Wilfredo Prieto, a Cuban artist who asks Joe Biden to end the embargo on Cuba.

Cuba after Raul Castro continues to be determined by short-term thought. President Diaz Canel said there is no time for the long-term.

Socialism has never existed in Cuba in all these years, not even anything close. Instead, you could say we have a Parliamentary Monarchy.

A Health official tells the senior citizens: “Thanks to this government’s political good will, we’ll be giving you the Covishield vaccine.”

We happily received the news that conditions are now apt for us to acquire protein by slaughtering a cow. At least, in theory.

Luckily the MSI makes several things visible. Among them, the lack of rights, citizen helplessness, social marginalization, state repression.

Since the announcement, the international media is filled with headlines about a farewell to a surname that ruled the country for 62 years.

Fourteen years after coming back to power, the presidential family holds tightly onto it, with force and impunity.