Life Alone from My Window in Santa Clara, Cuba
I was alone. My house, my history, my memories and life all began again, in lockdown. Sitting out on my balcony became a routine and a privilege.
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Cuba: From Politics to COVID-19 and Vice-Versa
Cubans should be speaking out, suggesting, demanding, pushing and doing things. Silence is a sin in politics. Today, a structural sin.
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The First Step of a United Opposition in Nicaragua
Amid much hope, the Coalition is just taking its first steps and must still resolve differences and reservations predating its founding.
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A Visit to Villa Marista, Cuban State Security Headquarters (Video)
Luis Manuel had never been to Villa Marista, a mythical place that numerous opponents of the Castro government have described over decades…
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What Can Afro-Cubans Expect from the Opposition and Exiles?
The death of George Floyd and the protests of the Black Lives Matter movement have sparked controversy among Cubans on social media.
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Ortega’s Sick Gamble with Covid-19 in Nicaragua
The dictator has only one purpose: to remain in power, at any cost, and bets on chaos being to his advantage.
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Nicaragua’s Version of the Carrot and Stick
The Ortega-Murillo government in Nicaragua has been mixing ironclad repression with its “concern” about the health of the population.
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Cuba’s Piglets with Wings
In all his magical realism perhaps even Gabriel Garcia Marquez could never have imagined pigs with wings.
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Nicaragua: Bad Faith and a Desire to Betray the Population
Instead of every man for himself, Ortega-Murillo opted for letting die whoever is going to die… even some of their most faithful guardians.
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Above All Else: Consistency and Education
I feel close to my uncle in his spiritual side, his rich character, an intellectual who takes action, a man who searches for truth within and outside of himself…
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