According to the polls, the Nicaraguan government headed by Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo continue to be very popular and they have managed to consolidate all the state powers in their favor. Cartoonist Manuel Guillen gives us his take on the situation in the Central American country.
Read MoreWe need to engage in some sensible reflection about how to assure the rational exploitation and protection of this lake that is our only possible means for hydrological security.
Read MoreOver the last few days, the Cuban landscape has been clouded over by news about economic crises, migration problems and even sport delegation scandals. Today, we’re witnesses to a display of problems and reactions which, like few times before, reveal this obsolete system’s inherent limits and malformations.
Read MoreCuba as a country with alarming growth statistics of its aging population poses a real headache in the short term for government authorities if they are not intending to turn the entire island into a nursing home. And for the first time it seems to bring to memory a commercial, with not very good intentions to say the least, where it is announced that the old pay less.
Read MoreA Cuban who exercises their profession in Cuba earns some 50 to 100 times less than someone doing a similar job in other countries of the region – Panama or the Dominican Republic, for example. I don’t even want to make comparisons with Europe or the U.S.
Read MoreMany foreigners long to visit Old Havana and the majority of Cubans do as well. Every year, millions of tourists walk along its cobblestones, enjoying the best attractions, hotels and attractions the city has to offer. This is the Havana we find in guide books, on websites, labelled “exotic, interesting”: a place you have to go to at least once in your life. This is Old Havana, the beautiful Havana.
Read MoreJust like that, as if they weren’t telling us something historic, the President, brother of our former President and the father or uncle of our future Presidents, kings and princes, steps up to any old podium and announces…
Read MoreI have two pieces of news laying in front of me. One is about the situation of Cubans now in Ecuador. The other is the image of Colonel Idael Fumero saying that secret investments are being made by Cuban emigres in private initiatives on the island.
Read MoreSometimes, in order to give some kind of idea as to why there are so few uprisings in leftist dictatorships, I refer to the parallels that exist between Church power in medieval times and political systems that are mistakingly called “socialist”.
Read MoreThe post-Marxism Communists in power use the ghost of never-ending conspiracy in the face of any danger that forces them to use their repressive forces which would obviously be considered unjustifiable outside of the walls they’ve built.
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