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A Bricklayer Reflects on Cuba After Three Years in Jail

After being released from prison in Santa Clara city, Jose Rodriguez Herrada, 52, was welcomed with joy at his home by family and friends.

Since 2018, the Ortega dictatorship has sharpened its persecution against all Nicaraguans it considers opposed in any way to its mandate.

Cienfuegos, Cuba resident: “Our diet is terrible, we eat whatever we can get hold of and not what our bodies need.”

Dayron vigorously scrubs the inside of the tank and an orange liquid with a strong chemical smell comes out. The risk of buying a used tank.

Extortion schemes are part of what press watchdog groups describe as an unprecedented government crackdown on the Venezuelan media.

It all began when I had a neighbor who fixed all kinds of defective appliances: fans, rice cookers, washing machines, radios, etc.

This is a recurring topic these days because it seems that the Cuban government is playing cat and mouse with private business owners.

Padura: in Cuba, the only option left is to leave, and 10 percent of the population has already done so in the last three years.

“Torture is the everyday bread there inside. I asked for painkillers & the warden said that if I continued begging for pills, they’d beat me”

Gangs armed with knives and pipes wait for cars, and when they slow down, they pounce on them.