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Flying Dollars in Cuba, an Insult to Dignity

Dignity is the same, however you see it, it’s just as humiliating for people to fight over a bag of yogurt as over a 100 dollar bill.

Daniel Zovatto underlines Latin America’s general condemnation of Ortega. “Monsignor Alvarez is the Nicaraguan Nelson Mandela.”

“The USA offers political asylum, but for citizenship there are established laws and regulations, and citizenship is not granted overnight.”

Food prices might not seem so high to a foreigner since they have also risen considerably abroad. The big difference is in purchasing power.

Some “stateless” Nicaraguans in the US are betting on continuing their asylum process there before accepting another nationality.

Since 2021, students have written many statements complaining about the unjust arrests and the expulsion of classmates & professors.

“We won’t stop advocating for communities being repressed in Cuba,” said Benjamin Ziff, the Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba.

One can speculate that Ortega’s gesture of releasing and banishing the political prisoners could also be a signal of things to come for Cuba.

Cuba is again without electricity. The cycle of blackouts returns while the authorities find justifications. Herberto Padilla is also back.

On the American continent, this current still has a long way to go to become a democratically adult force.