Racism doesn’t have to be overt or radically expressed as the persecution, slavery and extermination of a race, as these extreme situations are just the tip of the iceberg. It’s what we can’t see that is the most worrying because it isn’t aggressive, it forms a part of our everyday lives.
Read MoreCuban author and journalist Hugo Luis Sanchez just made a request to Cuba’s health authorities, calling on them to back the approval of a law which would ban all publicity that encourages the consumption of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks, a growing trend among the country’s youth.
Read MoreIt was Saturday morning; I didn’t have school. On those days, I wouldn’t wake up until almost 9 AM, but this time it was earlier. It was the late 1970s and the TV was broadcasting a mass march in support of the Revolution and against Imperialism.
Read MoreIn Cuba, sexuality has always been governed by the traditional variant. However, we haven’t escaped the swinging movement, which is currently threatening to become a mass movement.
Read MoreAs the UN commemorates World Environment Day, UNDP would like to take this opportunity to commend Ecuador’s efforts to address climate change and its commitment to raising its climate ambition.
Read MoreIn Havana’s Miramar neighborhood, the local population in the area known as La Puntilla, had been warned days ago by the municipal government and Communist party, that they would hear loud explosions and bursts of fire on Sunday, as they were going to simulate a landing here where the sea joins our not very mighty Almendares River.
Read MoreThe representative of the regime, without the least embarrassment, told delegates from countries of all continents, among other outrageous things, the following: “We have never repressed any protest or any peaceful demonstration.”
Read MoreIn reality, things have always been rough here. Ever since we are able to make sense of the world around us. However, let’s not get to jumping straight to the Special Period (don’t even think about it!), that dark time when those of us who founded El Estornudo opened up our eyes to the world.
Read MoreEven though the majority of Cubans think that Granma newspaper is just an alternative for toilet paper; and even though the credibility and reliability of its information is low because it focuses on providing justifications and not objective news, I must admit that I always try and read it.
Read MoreSince the socio-political crisis broke out in Nicaragua, at least 62,000 Nicaraguan have fled the country, according to information from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published in April. This article is about their rights when seeking refuge.
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