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Soccer and Fear in the USA

“It feels a bit lackluster,” my friend Jimmy remarked regarding the World Cup atmosphere in the United States.

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A Circus in Front of Power, a City Growing Ever More Alone

As a circus tent rises beside Havana's Revolution Square, blackouts and urban decay deepen Cubans’ isolation.

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Nicaragua: They Kill, Attend the Wake and Kidnap the Dead!

The crime against Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera in Nicaragua marks the seventh political prisoner to die in state custody since 2019.

12.06.2026 9

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Peru: The Harsh Times I Fear Are Coming

The process could take a month before a new president is officially declared, but the challenge does not end when the vote count ends.

11.06.2026 10

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Cuba, the Country We Still Carry with Us

A few days ago, a friend asked me why I had used the word exile in an article I published in a Latin American magazine. It made me think.

10.06.2026 10

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Cuba Was Not a Spanish Wasteland, Nor Was It a USA Miracle

Cuba must not start over as if its history could be erased and rewritten under someone else’s supervision.

07.06.2026 10

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How to Interpret the US Naval Presence in the Caribbean

Despite this routine operational context, naval movements in the Caribbean are often interpreted through a distinctly Cuba-centric lens.

07.06.2026 10

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What Is Happening with Cuba’s Official Information System?

For decades, those of us living in Cuba became accustomed to a highly centralized communications system on the island.

05.06.2026 10

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Nicaragua: The Frequent Denial of Medical Care as Torture

The denial of access to specialized medical care is a punitive practice—not only a method of torture, but also a Crime Against Humanity.

04.06.2026 10

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Raul Castro’s Bitterest Birthday Yet, Turns 95 Today

The man who a decade ago shook hands with Obama in diplomatic ceremonies is now an elderly figure cornered by the US justice system.

03.06.2026 10

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Learning to Be Autistic in Cuba Amid Social Collapse

Learning to be autistic? What nonsense! Anyone with even a basic education knows that autism is an innate condition.

02.06.2026 9

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The Cuban Regime’s Fear of Its Youth

Subjecting a 16-year-old to harsh prison conditions for peacefully protesting raises serious concerns under human rights and international law

01.06.2026 6

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Edgar Morin and Complex Thinking Amid Global Fragmentation

As the father of an infant son, I see in Edgar Morin’s thought even as a way of understanding parenting, where relationships occupy a central place.

01.06.2026 7

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Nicaragua: The Solution Is Inward

The way out was outward when it was necessary to save our lives. The solution is inward if we ever want to change the country.

30.05.2026 10

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Mistakes in the 21st Century and Cuba’s Current Debacle

I am not writing “from below,” as I always try to do, but rather from what I imagine to be the perspective of the decision makers.

30.05.2026 20

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US-Israeli Ceasefire: You Cease, We Fire

The increasingly Nazified Likud Party in Israel continues to bomb cities, villages, and individual homes and apartment buildings in Lebanon.

29.05.2026 10

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Colombia Holds Presidential Elections This Sunday May 31st

The final stretch of Colombia’s presidential campaign has left the country captive to polarization, political violence, and rhetoric that erodes...

29.05.2026 10

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An Old Friend Living for Decades in Sweden Returns to Cuba

I haven’t had to explain much. Reality itself has taken care of making it clear to her that the country she remembers no longer exists.

28.05.2026 10

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Take Him Away Already

What would be the real impact of something like this? No one really knows, because the key lies in the secret talks both sides are holding.

27.05.2026 20

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The Situation in Cuba CAN Get Worse

Personally, I understand very little of what’s happening. And that overwhelms my mind and body, even more than the shortages and deprivation.

26.05.2026 20

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Venezuelan Opposition Summit Prioritizes New Elections

Beyond dates, attendees at the summit in Panama agreed on the urgency of establishing an immediate electoral timetable.

25.05.2026 20

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Cuban Childhood in Ruins: Anatomy of a Broken Promise

Since the 1960s, leaving or wanting to leave Cuba was equivalent, in the eyes of the authorities, to committing an offense.

24.05.2026 20

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The Secret Agenda between Washington and Havana

Joe Garcia describes 8 issues on the table including: political prisoners, the embargo, confiscated properties, internal reforms, and financial...

24.05.2026 20

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The Sequence of a Transition for Cuba

The urgency of profound change in Cuba is so obvious that all transition proposals resemble one another in their essentials.

23.05.2026 20

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A “Fifth Column” is Quietly Operating in Nicaragua

An underground current seeps through the country. Thousands are suspect in the eyes of the ruling powers, driving them to desperation.

18.05.2026 10

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Along Carlos III Street in Havana and Back Toward Ethiopia

Without internet, without public transportation, and with household appliances fried by power surges, Havana seems at its harshest origins.

18.05.2026 20

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The CIA Steps into Havana

The presence in Cuba this week of the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, generated a wave of opinions and speculation on the island.

17.05.2026 20

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The CIA Director in Havana: Adaptation or Managed Decline?

Cuba today is not yet collapsing. But it is under visible strain., yet it is increasingly in a mode of endurance rather than renewal.

16.05.2026 20

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Havana, Cuba After the War

If the social explosion repeats itself, Diaz-Canel will discover that his true ending was not written in English, but in Cuban.

16.05.2026 20

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Colombia’s May 31st Presidential Elections

The current government of Gustavo Petro attempted to achieve what they called “Total Peace,” but this goal remains distant...

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Cuba: When Death is Quicker than the Ambulance

The reported cases are just the tip of the iceberg, and I can personally confirm this from my own experiences.

14.05.2026 20

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Sleeping Has Also Become a Privilege in Havana

While hundreds wait in line to leave the country after sleepless nights, a class is emerging that can shield itself from blackouts and sleep soundly.

13.05.2026 20

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How to Turn the Tables in Mexico

The Mexican government should seize this opportunity to take the side of the victims, rather than that of the thugs and the corrupt.

12.05.2026 20

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Cuban Gov. to Cut Ministries as it Resists More Sanctions

Cuba’s Council of Ministers decided to reduce the country’s Ministries from 27 to 21, supposedly in order to eliminate the bureaucracy.

11.05.2026 20

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Cuba in the Flesh: Food (In)Security and Growing Poverty

Cuban government voices or those “supportive” of the government, promote an image of “social justice” and accessible well-being for everyone.

10.05.2026 20

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A Desperate Plea on a Dark Havana Night: “Electricity”

From the crumbling arcades of Monte St. to neighborhoods without power, Havana displays the physical and emotional wear of the crisis.

09.05.2026 20

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First Private Nursing Home in Cuba: Opportunity or Scandal?

The minimum monthly price for a bed in a double room at TaTamanía! is $1,080 USD, in a country where most workers earn under $15 USD a month.

08.05.2026 20

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How to Protect Schools from Violence in Chile

The bill is a continuation of other security-oriented initiatives, which also promised to restore order and strengthen teacher authority.

07.05.2026 20

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My Father Wrote Letters to the Cuban Government, Here Is Mine

Maybe you know who I am. A few years ago, I published a history of Cuba and the USA that was based on decades of research on the island.

07.05.2026 30

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External Attack on Free Journalism in Costa Rica

The revocation of United States visas from La Nación newspaper executives attacks journalistic independence.

06.05.2026 20

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Cuba Under Threat of Attack

Once again, the threat stirred up the ancient ghost of Cuba’s inability to determine its own destiny from within.

06.05.2026 30

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Bringing Nicaragua’s Dictatorship Before the World Court

The extraordinary political and humanitarian gesture by Spain in response to the crime against Nicaraguan “stateless persons”.

05.05.2026 30

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Cuba: A New Party + a Candidate for President for 24 Hours

Social media was flooded within hours with posts of support, rejection, or mockery, while Cuba faces a humanitarian crisis and uncertainty...

04.05.2026 30

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Cuba, a Country That Can Barely Sleep

Just as Cuban State Security’s “Villa Marista” disrupts the cycles of detainees, the Island suffers its own sleep deprivation.

03.05.2026 30

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Venezuela at a Crossroads

Today, Venezuela stands at a historical crossroads, with many internal contradictions in tension.

03.05.2026 30

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Cuba and the Mess of Political Parties

It began as a normal, everyday idea in many countries, but we already know that Cuba is not a normal country.

03.05.2026 30

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Cuba is Crumbling Under a Picture-Postcard Blue Sky

The grass is encroaching on the train tracks and the day care center is closed, but they are calling on us to “celebrate May 1st with joy.”

30.04.2026 20

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Back to My Childhood Home in Mexico City

I rang the doorbell, and—as always—no one answered over the intercom or opened the front door. I noticed the presence of a camera...

27.04.2026 20

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Signatures, What For?

We will see hundreds of thousands of signatures from people who, if asked anonymously, would say they want nothing to do with this regime.

26.04.2026 40

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Where Power Is Really Concentrated in Cuba

Internal struggles to eliminate competitors, gain influence, or secure exclusive patronage have always been intense.

25.04.2026 30

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