The brutal blow that the government of Daniel Ortega has just given to Nicaraguans with the new social security reforms must be fully appreciated in light of its causes and background. The writing has been on the wall progressively for a decade.
Read MoreIt just took a few moments on the night of Sunday January 27th. There aren’t any words to describe what the victims of that unexpected tornado felt, thousands of Cubans seeing their entire lives do a 180 in just 16 minutes.
Read MoreDictators invariably rediscover the supposed principle of non-intervention when it suits them. That is what Augusto Pinochet did in Chile and Fidel Castro in Cuba. In the current case, the mantra of nonintervention also clashes with the reality that foreign powers are already intervening in Venezuela.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan Army has issued a statement to deny the content of a compromising video with comments from the former Minister of the Interior, Ana Isabel Morales, which acknowledges the involvement of Military Intelligence in political espionage activities. However, after some verbal juggling and obscure phrases the Army was unable to clear up the situation.
Read MoreI left home and went down to the town center to look for something to eat, and I came to heads with Cuban reality. A woman approached me asking for a bookstore, she had come from Playa in western Havana, looking for a book that had been located here. I gave her directions.
Read MoreOrtega has the strange ability to create consensus, but in opposition to him. He also achieved this in the United States, bringing together democrats and republicans–who never agree on anything–and yet they adopted a unanimous policy towards his regime.
Read MoreI would like to share some of my thoughts on the results of El Salvador’s presidential elections, held on Sunday February 3rd. I have been saying for a while now what the election has confirmed, and this time the polls made no mistake.
Read MoreThe World Economic Forum celebrated as a “success” story the fact that Nicaragua occupies fifth place on the list of the ten best countries in the world for women. Nicaragua occupies a place far above that of countries like the Philippines and Ireland, and also above that of all the other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read why and how.
Read MoreThe count down towards a tragic outcome in Venezuela has started. All outside powers express what they say is a shared concern for its peace-loving people that has the misfortune of sitting on what is maybe the largest oil reserves in the world.
Read MoreFor the community of young Cuban Americans of which I am a part, going to Havana and seeing the contradictions for ourselves is shocking. It pains us to see the gorgeous architecture now filthy and reduced to rubble. The spirit and “cuban-nes” of the people livens our souls, but it breaks our hearts to see them living the way they have to.
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