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Nicaragua Is Where Pope Francis Could Make a Difference

Rolando Alvarez is threatened with prison for “endangering national security” from the very people who are destroying civil society…

The regime’s lack of transparency is matched only by its ineptitude. The secrecy & inefficiency in this system is proving deadly for Cubans.

Citizens are detained for a period of three – five hours, during which they’re interrogated, threatened with prison time and warned…

On Friday morning, the Cuban government declared the massive fire that completely destroyed four huge oil storage tanks was finally put out.

Ed Wrobel from Canada took our photo of the day: “Tobacco Grower”, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

A Permanent Council Resolution obtained 27 votes in favor, one against, four abstentions and two absent countries: Nicaragua and Colombia.

The immigrants were charged US $150 for fake safe passage authorization. Those who protested were strip-searched to find their money.

In the midst of an almost absolute blackout in Havana’s Vedado, the Grand Aston Hotel Havana seemed to have fallen from another world.

They differentiate from the more authoritarian and patriarchal leaderships of the Latin American and Caribbean left.

Liz Cadorgan from New Zealand took our photo of the day: “Karitane Beach”, in Dunebin, New Zealand.