In Cuba, retail sales outlets can’t cut prices of products, even when they are past their sell-by date. You can only do this if you first fill out a heap of paperwork, and practically need the President’s stamp of approval. Therefore, in Cuba, the people who sell (in theory the population who own national modes of production and distribution) can’t ever lose.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, the Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Silvio Baez, revealed in an interview on “Esta Semana” (This Week) the warning that Pope Francis made to the members of the Episcopal Conference, during a meeting at the Vatican. Take into account, warned Francis, that if the Church of Nicaragua maintains its commitment to the people, denouncing injustice and telling the truth, it will also be the object of “espionage, persecution and martyrdom.”
Read MoreDuring the rapprochement process under US president Barack Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro, I worked with many groups of US visitors. I would speak to them while walking through Havana, for a modest price for them and for a fortune for me, but I would have given the explanations to anyone who was interested in the subject for free if I’m going to be perfectly honest.
Read MoreThese days a mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making its customary annual visit to Nicaragua. This mission is relevant because it is the first one that takes place within the framework of the socio-political crisis and the consequences that may derive from its conclusions.
Read MoreWith Brazil’s runoff round of presidential elections set to take place this Sunday, October 28th, the Workers’ Party’s (PT) mistakes have become crystal clear today. Leftist groups which were its allies in the past have been pointing these out for some time now.
Read More“This problem is related to food, which is considered a national strategy, and doesn’t seem to ever bear its calming fruits for one reason or another, which is economic, the crisis, the lack of resources to ensure a steady supply of what we need to send food down the esophagus into the stomach and not via TV announcements.”
Read MoreWhen vocation or love are superimposed by an obligation and external control, there is a shift in a person’s motivation. The thing we used to do because it was our vocation or passion and we did it well and happily, ends up becoming an obligation, something we do poorly and unhappily.
Read MoreLuis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OEA), asserted that the Nicaraguan government has adopted the “Cuban model of repression”, and that during the past six months of sociopolitical crisis they’ve practiced the same forms of state abuse against critics and opposition figures as those that are common on the island.
Read MoreThe wave of repression underscores the failure of Ortega’s attempt to present himself as a victim and as someone who respects human rights and the law, in the many interviews he gave to the international press. Ortega knows that people do not believe him.
Read MoreThe country is at the mercy of currents and winds, without any government. And, the lack of a course is leading us to a disaster in a hurricane-type environment. Worse yet, it is going adrift with a maniac who, armed to the teeth, prevents anyone from reaching the helm or throwing the anchor, and desperately breaks the official compass that informed the data from the Central Bank.
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