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Cuba: Another Harvest Lost, This Time Mangoes

“We would have filled a cart to go out [in the streets] and sell, even in the nearby neighborhoods, but we do not have the authorization,”

With the human rights violations, the government “is going down an alley that Nicaraguans don’t deserve,” UN official Alberto Brunori states.

A decade after the Domestic Workers’ Convention was adopted, the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated working conditions of many…

This forecast week the probability of rain will remain high, especially after noon when some occasional thunderstorms will take place.

Today’s featured band is Cuarteto Patria from Cuba with the song “Le dije a una Rosa” from the album “Harina de maiz criolla!” (1980).

Something broke in this latest onslaught, altering the path of events. Ortega has evidently opted for a de facto suspension of the elections.

Hate rallies are nothing new and have been used in Cuba as piecework and as a political weapon, especially since 1980.

The reason for the persecution is the quest of Daniel Ortega and his wife/VP Rosario Murillo to hold elections with no real opposition.

Nan Black from the United States took the photo of the day: “Learning to tie shoelaces”” in Matanzas, Cuba, using her Canon Rebel T6 camera.

Today’s featured artist is Raphael Zachille from Guadeloupe with the song “Manze Mona” (1960s). Send us your favorite songs to share.