Throughout the peak period, Venezuelan oil cooperation played a key role. It was its strongest lever. It can be stated correctly that Ortega never could have built his regime without the considerable resources provided [by Hugo Chavez] from Venezuela.
Read MoreA drunk, one accused of beating women, two irresponsible fathers and two marked as rapists have come together in the best stamp of hegemonic masculinity of a free, prosperous and victorious Nicaragua.
Read MoreFor the sake of the more humble segments of Cuban society, it is desirable that the announced plans be successful. More importantly, though, I hope it constitutes the prelude to a more radical transformation of the economic model that offers greater shares of prosperity.
Read MoreMaybe those in Cuba who want to make an obliging, critical cinema “to the extent that’s allowed”, or simply ads or reggaeton music videos, will be very happy now that they have been promised a legal framework.
Read MoreThe Cuban government stresses that the regulations published in the Cuban Republic’s Official Gazette last Thursday “about the computerization of Cuban society”, is just a matter of “legal regulations that allow the implementation and legislation of the new computerization policy of Cuban society, which was already passed in 2017.”
Read MoreThe 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 More
