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Self-employment and the protection of workers when confronting COVID-19

This crisis, despite its life-altering circumstances, irreducibly reveals the vulnerabilities and strengths of the systems in which we exist.

Cabildo Arara, African Legacy in Cuba (Video)

Matanzas is the most representative city of the religious African legacy in Cuba. Here’s a slice of that tradition that is still alive today.

Musicians in Niquero, Cuba – Photo of the Day

Musicians in Niquero, Granma, Cuba. By Jennifer Baker (Canada). Camera: Pentax K20D

People Are Free to Believe What They Want

The closer to reality we bring our beliefs, the better informed we’ll be when it comes time to make important decisions.

Cuban Journalist Fined under New Censorship Decree

Agents accused Monica Baró of working for outlets that accept funding from foreign organizations seeking to “overthrow the Cuban revolution.”

The Legacy of Nicaragua’s Civic Rebellion that Began in April 2018

What solution is there today to the double crisis of the Ortega dictatorship and the coronavirus pandemic in Nicaragua?

What Cuba Could have Prevented

Cuba could have prevented these unpleasant times, if it weren’t for its leaders’ pigheadedness, arrogance and lack of foresight.

Devoured, Havana, Cuba – Photo of the Day

A photo taken in Vedado. This amazing work of art no longer exists, sadly. It has been painted over and is now just a blank wall.

The Wounded from the Civic Uprising in Nicaragua

Two years after the civic rebellion, more than 325 deaths still go unpunished and thousands of Nicaraguans live forgotten and with lifelong consequences.

Machismo Increases Risks during COVID-19 Pandemic

Traditional meanings of “being a man” increase the male population’s risk during the COVID-19 outbreak.