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International Conference on (Lifting Sanctions on) Venezuela

The Bogota Summit was less about democratizing the country and more about eliminating the measures that weigh on the Maduro dictatorship.

It goes without saying that TV reports are pointing the finger at peoples’ illegal activities, and not at the State.

The shortage led the Government to suspend one of the pillars of its propaganda: the “massive” parade for International Worker’s Day on 5/1.

History entered our homes, and turning back is no longer possible. As a friend put it: “That country won’t return.”

After first announcing the celebration would go on as usual despite the crisis, Miguel Diaz Canel has now gone to a Plan B.

Years ago Diaz Canel had already made it clear the Cuban Communist Party would not allow any candidates considered “counter-revolutionaries”.

There was no doubt that Díaz-Canel was going to be the ratified president. Kind of like an arranged wedding.

Why would someone with so little popularity and a history of so many unfortunate decisions have another five years at the helm of the nation?

If the reform program the Cuban Government requested from Russian experts is to develop private enterprise, then something smells bad.

Those in power enjoy social media being the firing squad. In the crossfire, there is a silent majority that doesn’t know which side to join.