Opinion Archives - Page 179 of 486

Cuban’s Eagle Eyes

What’s in the other person’s bag? Where might they have got it? In this time of shortages many Cubans are on the permanent lookout.

Rap in Cuba: Ten Steps Towards Progress

What was once a united movement with a large following has now become a small, almost non-existent group. How can rap in Cuba gain new ground?

Counterpoint Between the Legal and the Legitimate in Cuba

Much has been written about the economic crisis that has befallen Cuba since the 1990s. Likewise, measures that were applied to solve the country’s economic bankruptcy and “safeguard the conquests of socialism” have been thoroughly documented and discussed.

Why So Many Rebellions?

The world is witnessing with astonishment a series of popular rebellions: France, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Chile, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, Bolivia, and Haiti have seen multitudinous protests, each with its particular origin, that have provoked diverse responses.

The Highest Goal for Nicaragua

If this change is achieved, what comes immediately, is a titanic task: to get out of the chaos, to straighten such a twisted country, to fight corruption that takes refuge in every corner, to shape the conditions required to be able to make our way towards the future, and above all, avoid being diverted towards another frustration.

Political Segregation in the Nicaragua of Ortega and Murillo

If you sow segregations, you will reap more rebellions. There is no doubt that many red and black will turn blue and white.

Should Cuba Change the Model or Weather the Storm

Economic measures announced on Tuesday, October 15, at the Mesa Redonda TV program contain aspects that deserve quiet reflection. It is not absurd that some return to the 1993 package implemented during the economic crisis to find answers.

‘Without Reforms Elections Aren’t Worth Holding’, says Nicaraguan Elections Expert

Without the approval and compliance of substantial electoral reforms, that would lessen the control the governing Sandinista Front (FSLN) exercises over the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE), it’s worthless to participate in an electoral process, warns Robert Courtney.

Venezuela and the Right to Protest

In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro takes advantage of the events in countries such as Ecuador, Chile, Spain to show solidarity with the right to struggle, to rebellion and in repudiation of repression.

Nicaragua’s Leading Sports Commentator Calls for Unity against Ortega

A year and a half after the explosion of April 18, 2018, with an unbreakable resistance and in full growth, strengthened with a new show of patriotism and desires for freedom for all, I hear talk of an urgent and necessary unity, a great coalition without exclusions.