A meeting without previously warning the public, of the dictator Daniel Ortega with “representative” businessmen of the sector (I cannot even imagine the names!) and a Cardinal who constantly falters before the couple at the El Carmen presidencial residence/offcies. For him, the repression of January 1st was not such, but only policemen “guarding” the cathedral of Managua.
Read MoreThe total amount of credits channeled through Albanisa, as of June 2018, is close to 4 billion dollars. In times of the fat cows (good times) they averaged 500 million dollars per year, no strings attached. A liquid capital that Ortega managed to his discretion, as private capital.
Read MoreDuring the cold war Latin American gorillas murdered, disappeared and imprisoned -in the name of anti-communism- citizens subjugated under their boots. Now the leaders of the left massacre us in the name of socialism and anti-imperialism because the people must be punished when they are so stupid as not to recognize what benefits them and when they spit the hands of their liberators.
Read MoreAs most Nicaraguans know, in 2018 our lives changed drastically; despite gaining in courage and indignation, we lost our freedom. That sentiment of national sorrow for the deaths and the political prisoners keeps us in a state of collective mourning. Added to that grief, I left the country in June. But let me first tell you about my childhood relationship with mental health.
Read MoreThe confession of Nicaragua’s National Police Chief Francisco Diaz to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, about how the Ortega regime’s paramilitary forces operate, has made it clear that there is a responsibility from the highest level of the police institution in leading these repressive forces.
Read MoreIn October, Ceiba Investments became the first Cuba- focused fund to ever be listed on the London Stock Exchange, raising $39 million in its first day of trading. Launched in 2001, Ceiba is the dominant foreign investor in Cuban real estate assets, managing a portfolio focused primarily on the tourism-related and commercial real estate sectors of the economy.
Read MoreIt becomes clearer as the years pass by that Havana’s International Book Fair (Feb. 7-17) is instead a Vanity Fair. Published authors are the ones who write politically correct books and Cuban Writers and Artists’ Association (UNEAC) acclaims its prodigal sons, censoring other voices within the Island’s intellectual circle.
Read MoreEnrique Krauze is excited to talk about Nicaragua. He states that it touches on a topic that was “very important” in his life because, he says, he openly supported the Sandinista Popular Revolution, the guerrilla movement widely supported by society that ended in July 1979 with the tyranny of the bloody Somoza legacy.
Read MoreIn Cuba, solidarity has been revived recently. Many people chose to be a part of it and lead cooperation efforts to deal with the damage left in the wake of the tornado that hit various municipalities in Havana. Experiences, stories and reflections full of rubble, drama and human virtue that invite us to take a deep look into and analyze Cuba, its society, people and way of doing politics.
Read MoreThree major political movements defined the extended Nicaraguan 20th century: anti-imperialism, anti-dictatorial struggles, and indigenous, Afro-descendent and campesino resistance to the formation of the national mestizo state. The political legacy of these great movements defines today the character and influence of civic struggles for democracy and sovereignty…
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