Like so many in my generation, I was marked by the military coup in Chile (1973) with the direct involvement of the CIA. We rebelled against the military dictatorships of the Southern Cone and Central America in the seventies and eighties, full of illusions and collaborating with the Sandinista Revolution.
Read MoreIn the face of great challenges, those of us who are democrats need to develop realistic solutions that reflect the enormity of the dangers and don’t assume that the politicians “of the new era” are going to be paragons of kindness, honesty and integrity.
Read MoreFor the first time in 60 years, the Cuban people finally have an opportunity to say NO to Communism, to its well-known ravages and outrages, to the excesses of its ruling bureaucratic/military elite who insist on holding the fate of our nation hostage.
Read MoreIf they were to finish out their current terms in office: Daniel Ortega will rule Nicaragua until 2022; Trump, the USA until 2021, and Maduro, Venezuela until 2026. All three of these presidents are facing stiff internal and external oppostion to their reckless authoritarian rule.
Read MoreThe Caribbean island of Cuba has just been hit by a devastating category EF-4 tornado that crossed through the capital city, Havana, on the evening of Sunday January 27th, with 300 km/h winds, leaving four people dead and 195 people injured. This is the first time that something like this has happened in the Cuban capital’s nearly 500 years of existence.
Read MoreThis article could also have the sub-heading: Ten items that you don’t need to live but make life worth living. In Cuba, the idea or philosophy that enjoying the small things in life is detrimental to our spirit’s prestige and willingness to resist, has become widespread.
Read MoreThe leading online government publication Cubadebate recently published some fragments from a book about Che Guevara written by his widow Aleida March. These fragments included mention of the executions by firing squad in the early years of the Revolution, when Fidel Castro and his team took power.
Read MoreI believe that the massacre of 2018 and all the crimes that are being committed in Nicaragua come from the lie that has been lived since 1979, year in which we thought that we touched the sky with our hands, and in a blind ecstasy we allowed a gang not fit for power to accumulate it excessively.
Read MoreI have made it clear that I will vote NO in the February 24th referendum on more than one occasion. I am even very active on Facebook in debates about the viability of voting NO instead of NOT voting. The exchange with the radical opposition has been tough, just as it has been with sincere Communists.
Read MoreThe statements from high-level representatives of the current Mexican government announcing their willingness to serve as mediators in the Nicaraguan crisis, provoked a broad and serious debate, as well as concerns and some aggravation.
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