On the morning of this August 7th I was interrogated and admonished, regarding the articles I write for CubaNet, by two State Security officers, at the Capri police unit in Arroyo Naranjo, (on the outskirts of the capital).
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According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States only maintains such strong measures against Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and now Venezuela.
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Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who played a key role in the thawing of relations between Cuba and the United States, died on Friday aged 82, the office of the archbishop of Havana said.
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The US Treasury Department issued new sanctions on Friday against officials of the Ortega-Murillo government in Nicaragua. This time they punished the president of the Parliament, Gustavo Porras; the Minister of Health, Sonia Castro; the director of telecommunications (Telcor), Orlando Castillo; and retired general Oscar Mojica.
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With his self-amnesty, Ortega admits the dictatorship’s responsibility for the massacre. In doing so, he can’t erase his own responsibility as Supreme Police Chief, nor that of the perpetrators of these crimes against humanity, because according to international law justice for such crimes cannot be proscribed.
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US authorities will suspend all passenger and cargo flights from the country to Venezuela, citing unrest in the Latin American country. The move was ordered by the US Department of Transportation on Wednesday, saying unrest appeared to be taking place around airports and threatened the safety of crews.
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The Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy demanded on Thursday that the Government of Daniel Ortega free “without any delay” the political prisoners, as a sign of the “good progress” of negotiations to overcome the crisis that the country lives, while more civil society groups, relatives of political prisoners and peasants continue to distance themselves from the negotiations with the dictatorship, just as the students did on Wednesday.
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Venezuela has been suffering an almost total Internet outage during the last three days, a reflection of how serious the power outage is that began Thursday night and continues, despite a minor restoration that keeps suffering setbacks.
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It is logical that the news of the meeting made by Ortega with some bankers, with the participation of the Nuncio and Cardinal Brenes, provoked so much controversy. It is logical, in the first place, because there are no known details of the conversations or the real intentions of those involved. Secondly, because the Nicaraguan people are accustomed to burning themselves with milk, with deceptions, disappointments, pacts and re-pacts.
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Around midnight on Thursday, the offices of CONFIDENCIAL, where the writing of an online daily newspaper, weekly magazine and the television programs Esta Semana and Esta Noche are produced, were illegally and violently assaulted by officers of the National Police, loyal to the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
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