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How Cyntoia Brown Survived Sex Trafficking & Won Her Freedom

At the age of 16, she was arrested for killing a man who had picked her up for sex, after she had been forced into sexual slavery as a child.

Ortega Puts Cafta-DR (Free Trade) and 125,000 Jobs “at Risk”

Mario Arana, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Nicaragua (AmCham), warned that the Free Trade Agreement between Central America, the United States and the Dominican Republic (known as Cafta-DR) is “at risk”, due to the lack of political will on the part of President Daniel Ortega to seek a way out of Nicaragua’s social, political and economic crisis.

A Story that Repeats Itself: Sexual Harassment in Cuba

A girl’s passage to adolescence is normally complicated for many, especially the time when they discover their bodies begin to change.

Socrates Lazo (Panama) – Song of the Day

Today’s featured artist is Socrates Lazo y su Orquesta from Panama with the song “Soledad” from the album “Sigo pa’lante” (1970s).

Roman Coliseum, Rome, Italy – Photo of the Day

Roman Coliseum, Rome, Italy. By Marylene Gray (Nicaragua). Camera: Motorola Android phone G6

La Familia Varela Miranda (Cuba) – Song of the Day

Today’s featured band is La Familia Varela Miranda from Cuba with the song “Vida Parrandera” from the album “Oriente De Cuba: The Son” (1994).

Before the Winter, Ontario, Canada – Photo of the Day

Before the Winter, Ontario, Canada. By Steve McCaig (Canada). Camera: Google Pixel cell phone

‘The Ortega Regime Must be Forced to Dialogue’, says Ramon Jauregui

The adoption of a legal framework to apply sanctions, by the Council of the European Union (EU) is a sign of the failure of the Ortega regime in the international arena, according to the Spanish former member of the European Parliament Ramon Jauregui.

Ret. Sandinista Coronel: “There’s a Crisis Within the Regime’s Forces”

Retired colonel Carlos Brenes is the highest-ranking former member of the military to be imprisoned by the dictatorship during the April rebellion.

How Some Cubans Experienced the Recent Protests in Ecuador

According to Alexis Pire, a Cuban journalist living in Ecuador, “every detail about this civil conflict” was new to him. “From police ‘dressed up’ as robots, the armored cars and riot brigades, to burnt tires on every street corner.”