Fear is one of animals’, and therefore humans’, main responses in the face of danger. It is a positive emotion when it can be controlled by the person experiencing it, but the roles are reversed if fear dominates, and the results can be catastrophic.
Read MoreThe next stage of the struggle in Nicaragua must lead to defining an organization that can bind together and legitimize the self-organized movement; a body that succeeds in uniting us around proposals and ideals that move away from the failures that we’ve experienced.
Read MoreRafael Solis’ resignation is the most important statement that’s been produced up until now from the regime’s functionaries, not only because he’s a Magistrate on Nicaragua’s Supreme Court, but also because he’s been a figure very close to the inner circle of power that surrounds the Ortega-Murillo regime.
Read MoreOrtega and Murillo are literally following a script that we have seen staged before in Havana and Caracas. Opponents and critics of authoritarianism, according to them, “conspire in favor of terrorism.” To publicly question the actions of the Government is to ally with “Yankee imperialism” and the internal enemies of something that the Government continues calling the “Sandinista Revolution”.
Read MoreEver since the 1990s, when Cuba seemed to sink into a great economic depression, at least a dozen chronicles (books written by travelers who discover something and then describe it in subtle terms) have been written about the end of what is called the “Cuban Revolution”.
Read More“NO” to the new Constitution that will be put to a popular referendum on February 24th, is growing every day. That is if we take a look at what many Cubans are saying on social media, especially Facebook, where you can clearly see two dominant trends: #Yo NO voto and #Yo Voto NO.
Read MoreWhen I think about Cuba, I often ask myself “What does Cuba mean to me?” Cuba means my heritage, my culture, my roots and my connection to my Papi. My Papi passed away on February 9, 2001 at 1 am in the morning. I remember that day precisely because I woke up in a cold sweat feeling out of body completely.
Read MoreThrough the smoke of the rebellion in April, which the Government of Ortega-Murillo went “all out” to squash, a friend asked me: What is this regime like after the repression? Ortega may not resemble Stalin, but the repression and punishments of these last eight months have had the same result and have been executed with the same rage as the Stalinist purges.
Read MoreGiven the time elapsed and the magnitude of the crimes of the Ortega regime, described in the report of the GIEI, comments are heard in different environments that we are heading towards the situation of Venezuela, a country in which the protests petered out in spite of the growing crisis, and Maduro is getting ready to “assume” a new 6-year presidential term after staging an electoral circus.
Read MoreThe year 2018 came to an end and Cuba hadn’t make any significant progress. The economy is still stagnant and there aren’t any real chances that it will take off if we continue down the path we’re being led down.
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