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Opening a Historic Window in Nicaragua

Recent events in Nicaragua have surprised many with the intensity and the massiveness of the revolt against the regime of Daniel Ortega.

The Symbols of Rebellion

One of the most important features of the April Insurrection, as the new cycle of social movement in Nicaragua is being called, is the dispute over the symbols of power.

Cuba’s Example has Infected the Rest of the Latin American Left

After fighting a successful offensive to power, Latin America’s Left is now retreating. Cuba was always the leader of this movement and the region recognized it as its guiding beacon, but now it is languishing. Recent events unfolding (Nicaragua) point to a pathological infection which has spread from the Caribbean’s largest island.

Mariela Castro’s Game of Appearances

In the coming days the government will once again show the world how happy those of us who live under their nonsensical laws are, during the 18th National Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, to be hosted this year in the western province of Pinar del Rio.

How a Social Bank in Cuba Might Function

I want a Social Bank in the Cuba I hope my children live in. Private banks are like any other business: profit oriented. A Social Bank would be oriented towards converting national savings into productive investments by financing businesspeople and companies…

What a Famous Chilean Poet Wanted to Show This Cuban

I arrived in Santiago de Chile, on a one-way flight direct from Havana in July 2004. On October 21st, I was working on an international poets gathering that was being organized.

Socializing Cuba’s Large Services Companies

Cuba’s so-called “socialism” has been an appropriation of property and using all of the country’s resources, snatched from millions of hands to be concentrated in the few who have done what they wanted to with all of a country’s financial resources.

Nicaragua: Impunity after the Massacre Is Unacceptable

Although dozens of suspects for these crimes have been identified by the population and the victims’ family members, and the proof has been displayed in the independent media and the social networks, not a single member of the paramilitary has been detained nor has any police officier been separated from their post in order to undergo an investigation…

Dangers of Fighting for Gender Equality in Cuba

Nobody would think that someone could be punished in Cuba, a country which aims for social equality, for the sole crime of fighting against gender equality. However, this is what happened to Alas Tensas magazine, a feminist publication which is directed by Ileana Alvarez.

Gioconda Belli Analyzes the Response of the Ortega Government

The responses of the presidential couple to the events of the week of April 18th were so contrary to how one might expect you can’t help but wonder if they have already lost all connection with reality.