The formation of a paramilitary force outside the Constitution confirms the institutional collapse of the National Police. It also reveals that under the command of General Julio Cesar Aviles, the Nicaraguan Army has become an instrument of complicity with the repression, acting as an extension of the State-Party-Family dictatorship.
Read MoreIn recent days, the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa published a report that neatly portrays how the members of the governing clique operate in sacking our public funds and – through the use and abuse of political power – in amassing enormous fortunes.
Read MoreThe news was well-received and came to everyone’s surprise. Pay hikes in the public sector came when people were least expecting it, and that’s because it’s the sector that mostly doesn’t produce anything.
Read MoreHousing in Cuba has been deficient for decades. The revolution has never been able to meet the growing demand of the population. The current president Miguel Diaz Canel wants to give the image of progress in this sense, but there’s such a long way to go.
Read MoreI recently heard statements made by a board member of Cuba’s Organization of Collective Law Firms (ONBC), listing the virtues of being a lawyer in Cuba and memories came flooding back to me…
Read MoreDispleasure has taken over different neighborhoods in the capital. Mackerel, which had been missing from the ration booklet for a long time, has made a comeback, but at a non-subsidized price.
Read MoreThe citizens’ awakening that began in Nicaragua in April 2018 generated an expectation for change in the way we do politics. The phenomenon of the self-organized, and the use of technology and social media to share opinions and coordinate, together with the recuperation of public spaces, was a breath of fresh air to the depressed political lives of all Nicaraguans.
Read MoreBeing a frequent visitor to the Dominican Republic, where I occasionally have enjoyed the high standard, security and excellent service of its resorts, I became puzzled by recent, quiet excessive media reactions to statistically insignificant cases of deaths in these resorts.
Read MoreOne of the issues generating the widest range of conflicting opinions among Nicaraguans on all levels is the holding of early elections while Ortega remains in power.
Read MoreThis seemingly indestructible bureaucracy, which is the bane of Cuban society, is becoming stronger in the provinces where a government official, sitting at a desk in a second-class office, is called to dampen the existence of Cuban people’s papers or procedures in their hands.
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