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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.

Nicaragua’s Ortega, The Tyrant in His Solitude

President Daniel Ortega launched into a furious attack on the European Union and its head of diplomacy Josep Borrell. His remarks occurred on October 17, during a ceremony for the presentation of diplomatic credentials for foreign ambassadors in Nicaragua…

Honoring Those who Deserve to be Honored

While peacefully sleeping at noon on October 17th, my day off work was interrupted by the stunned voice on the other side of the line, of a friend who told me, “Alicia Alonso has died.”

Alicia Alonso and the Cultural Cold War

Recently passing away in Havana, classical ballerina Alicia Alonso and her art are a good example of the fact there had always been an aspiration in Cuban culture to conquer the West, which needed to be adapted during the Cold War to “real Socialism”, and resulted quite troublesome.

A Story that Repeats Itself: Sexual Harassment in Cuba

A girl’s passage to adolescence is normally complicated for many, especially the time when they discover their bodies begin to change.

A Solution to the Nicaragua Crisis Lies in the Business and Public Sectors

The latest projections of the World Bank confirm that Nicaragua will have an economic contraction of -5% this year, that is, a greater drop than -3.8% registered last year.