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Nicaragua’s Version of the Carrot and Stick

The Ortega-Murillo government in Nicaragua has been mixing ironclad repression with its “concern” about the health of the population.

“It’s a space for small business owners to find guidance,” where they can channel their emotions relating to the consequences of COVID-19…”

Petro Station in Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba. By Caitlin Runyon (Canada). Camera: iPhone X

Cid-Gallup: 70% disapprove of the government’s actions in confronting COVID-19, which they identify as the country’s current principal problem.

In all his magical realism perhaps even Gabriel Garcia Marquez could never have imagined pigs with wings.

27th Street, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. By Todd Bennett (Canada). Camera: Sony A7s

The silence regarding racism in Latin America & the Caribbean dampens activism stoked worldwide over the death of George Floyd in the USA,

In Seattle, the fight to demilitarize and defund the police continues as the King County Labor Council voted to expel the Seattle police union.

The multi-dimensional impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America could lead to a “hunger pandemic” if not addressed with urgency.

A Cuban TV show called this issue into question and the online backlash came immediately.