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Chile and the Day the Approve Vote Didn’t Happen

Apparently, many of us viewed things very naively. Unfortunately, we were wrong & find ourselves at a moment of great weakness and uncertainty

Two factors are basic to understand Cuban exiles transition from Democrats to Republicans. One is their reluctance to behave like a minority…

This right is vital so that the media can guarantee transparency and demand accountability from public and government authorities.

We are the country in Latin America with the most political prisoners, and we are at the bottom of most development lists…

We witnessed an exhibition of cowardice and cruelty, presenting the public prisoners who were pale and gaunt, their weight loss visible.

Many are excited over what could happen if the majority incline towards the Approve option. It’s also impossible not to feel nervous & anxious.

Who will sound the trumpets that tear down the walls? Who will shatter the glass panes of silence?

What response is expected in the face of the lies, slander and threats made by shadowy officials from the Ministry of the Interior?

Fear has been installed as the great gendarme in charge of repressing Nicaraguan society as a whole.

If what the citizens want is a new Constitution, the plebiscite may turn out to be a game of all or nothing.