Till recently, Cubans wishing to leave the country for the United States availed themselves of Ecuador’s visa exception to reach their destination through various routes, chiefly through Central America, via Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
Read MoreBefore the December 6 elections in Venezuela, one expected – one intuited – that people would opt to punish Chavismo, to vote against President Maduro because of his total lack of charisma and arrogance, and to deal a similar blow to Diosdado Cabello, chair of the National Assembly, for his iron-fisted methods.
Read MoreThe defeat suffered by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) isn’t simply an electoral catastrophe. It is, first and foremost, another pivotal moment of the decline of the Chavista project.
Read MoreIn Cuba, where most of the population struggles to put food on the table and scrounge up the bare minimum to get by, the recent report by the International Telecommunications Union (UIT), declaring the island the least developed Latin American country in terms of information and communication technologies, may seem trivial.
Read MoreA number of Cuba’s official media have pointed out that Cubans who spend thousands of dollars to try and reach the United States aren’t exactly fleeing from poverty. This is true, to a considerable extent.
Read MoreDespite the many signals prior to the “crisis” of Cuban migrants in Costa Rica, the situation seems to have taken those who control Cuba’s press entirely by surprise. This would help explain why they took more than a week to react to developments.
Read MoreThere are days – particularly the weekend – when we want to sleep in. After a week of work, we want to get some rest. Often, however, this proves impossible. Street vendors make a point of getting you out of bed.
Read MoreThis post represents an overview of the variables and scenarios currently at play in Venezuela as it moves toward the critical parliamentary elections scheduled for December 6. Political, economic and social factors all entwine to produce a crisis of legitimacy and support for the government of Nicolas Maduro. This crisis may be resolved through a post-electoral transition, or possibly via diverse strategies aimed at impeding or discounting an eventual opposition victory.
Read MoreThe tendency of the Latin American “left” to look for the solution to all problems in the centralized State (rather than popular) control has in fact nothing to do with the left or authentic democracy.
Read MoreToday, I would like to write about the thousands of Cubans stranded on the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, people who are part of a new wave of immigrants crossing the Central American isthmus.
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