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West First Policies Expose Myths

As the epicentre of the COVID-19 shifts from China to the developed West, all too many countries are acting selfishly, invoking the ‘national interest’…

Is Cuba’s Health System Ready for Covid-19?

The number of Covid-19 cases in Cuba is rising fast, and the population – as well as family, friends and compatriots abroad – are quite worried.

Nicaragua Is Safe Thanks to God and Compañera Rosario

While the world scrambles to come up with prevention strategies to contain the coronavirus, Nicaragua’s acting president, Rosario Murillo, has a novel plan…

Nicaragua Enters a Twilight Zone after First Coronavirus Fatality

The country demands transparency, an end to censorship and secrecy, and urgent preventive measures to avoid the spread of the virus.

The Future has Quickly Arrived

Thinking of Italy, with deep angst. All of the social and economic structures that existed before covid-19 are faltering.

Nicaragua: University Autonomy in Times of Coronavirus

How is it that a center of thought, with the country’s chief medical school, hasn’t been able to protect its students, staff and administrative employees?

A COVID-19 Quarantine Diary from Havana

Over the course of the past week surrealism has spread almost as quickly as the COVID-19 virus. At least in Havana…

Cuba’s Etecsa Telecomunications Co. Should be Helping

When will Cuba’s monopoly telecomunications company, ETECSA, lower its exhorbitant Internet rates to help Cuban families in these times of crisis?

Coronavirus in Cuba, Social Symptoms

Many people believe that the government should have closed the border as soon as the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic.

Cuba in a Virtual State of Emergency

It cannot be interpreted any other way. President Miguel Diaz Canel said, “the coronavirus is coming at us.” We must halt the extension of the virus.