In 1995 I was walking in Cayo Largo del Sur, a paradise reserved for tourists, a resort in the heart of an economy trying to rise out of the ashes of Soviet socialism. Stephen Hawking locked eyes with me from the cover of a book…
Read MoreI was five when my older sisters took the task of enlightening me with the monster that would infuse me the most fear during my childhood: [Anastasio] Tacho Somoza.
Read MoreDid Julian Assange commit a crime or expose one? Is the United States seeking accountability for his actions or merely a way to eliminate the messenger?
Read MoreA few days ago, a creative person posted on Tweeter a picture of the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in a brief public event. The man looked sick, with his face sucked, half smile almost rictus, and body leaning.
Read MoreIn 2016, the day of the presidential elections, when I went out to cross Managua to see with my own eyes the level of abstention that was rumored and saw the voting centers empty, the streets as sleepy as on any Sunday in the city, I began to harbor doubts about my pessimism.
Read MoreWhat happens when in Cuba your life is reduced to silence and solitude because you speak your mind, going against the status quo? Adonis Milan gives his testimony.
Read MoreWe were recently without electricity twice, in 5-day stints. Now, we are experiencing an irregular and insufficient rationing of power, uncertainty growing every day.
Read MoreThese 7 months have served greatly to discover some very sad things in Nicaragua and to give incalculable motives to do our best to change the current system.
Read MoreRents in Havana are through the roof for a Cuban. On Revolico, for example, a rental ad for under 100 CUC isn’t up for longer than an hour before someone takes it, sometimes even in minutes. Looking on any odd day, Tuesday April 2, 2019, for example, you can see that monthly rents for a place range from 80-600 CUC, that’s to say, up to 20 times or more than the average income in this city.
Read MoreThe negotiations between the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship and the Civic Alliance ended last Wednesday without any agreement on the two most important items on the national agenda, endorsed by hundreds of thousands of citizens during the April Rebellion: democratization and justice.
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