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Relations between the leaders of Mexico and the United States are currently at a low point. One key factor is that Trump holds all the cards. The post...
Students question why the people should bear the consequences of ETECSA’s mismanagement, poor investments, and resource misallocation. The post...
I had just gotten onto one of the buses that circulate through the breezier outskirts of the Cuban capital after a brief struggle to board. The post...
For now, the standoff continues. The regime tries to discredit the protest by claiming it is externally provoked, an age-worn tactic... The post Cuba:...
The Cuban government seems to have forgotten everything that got it where it is, along with its responsibilities. The post Cuban Government,...
Reactions to the recent death of former Uruguayan President Pepe Mujica say a lot about current politics, both in the world and within Cuba. The post...
Diaz-Canel denies the university student strike exists over Etecsa’s ‘rate hike’, though the evidence is overwhelming. The post Cuba’s...
For decades, Portugal stood as a beacon of democratic stability in an increasingly unsettled Europe. An era of exceptionalism ended on May 18. The...
Beyond the deep economic and structural differences, China and Cuba, are nations that share the status of single-party authoritarian regimes. The post...
While we watch livestreamed and direct the intensifying genocide the Israeli government is perpetrating on the Palestinian people in Gaza... The post...
Just when we thought things couldn’t get worse, they did. That old saying fits perfectly with what’s happened in recent hours... The post Cuba’s...
Can the popular vote alone guarantee a judiciary that is more ethical, technical, and connected to citizens? The post Mexico: An Unprecedented...
Can the popular vote alone guarantee a judiciary that is more ethical, technical, and connected to citizens? The post Mexico: An Unprecedented...
How do you label a government that cheered its intended goal of demolishing, decimating, and dismantling whatever was left standing in Gaza? The post...
While millions of Cubans cope with constant blackouts and the lack of water, our designated president squanders resources on municipal tours. The post...
It’s a delicate balance, almost an art form: preserving the mother tongue without holding back immersion in the new language. The post Mom or...
Murillo knows many are waiting with a dagger in their mouth, intent on any opening that could arise with Daniel Ortega’s death. The post Rosario...
As the temperature rises, many Cuban families feel they have nothing left to lose because they have hit rock bottom. The post Summer is Approaching...
I was in the Seattle immigration court accompanying a young mother from a South American country applying for asylum to a routine hearing. The post...
He’s had the audacity to go out and walk the streets of Cuba to get a sense of how people feel about the harsh reality they are living. The post Is...
The phrases “We shall overcome,” “Building socialism,” “Yes we can,” have become mantras in official discourse... The post In Cuba, We...
These days, among the people you pass on the street, it’s inevitable to make some reference to the intensity of the temperatures. The post The...
Jose Marti is someone whom most people born in Cuba feel respect for. He died under fire from Spanish colonial troops on May 19, 1895. The post A...
“Pepe” Mujica was waiting for us in the neglected garden of his chacra [farm] on the outskirts of Montevideo. The post A Conversation with Jose...
In a country burdened by deep wounds, exercising forgiveness openly and strategically could represent a minimal act of wisdom and humanity. The post...
The political prisoner asked the Cuban gov. to grant him leave to visit his terminally ill mother & say goodbye. There was no way, & she died The post...
If a population feels oppressed and yearns for freedom, the worst thing it can do is publicly pay homage to its leaders for the world to see. The post...
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo know their behavior is pathetic. Their actions have validated like no one else the challenge of that April. The post...
Axel Kaiser’s neoliberal fanaticism reaches such an extreme that he prefers to invent a National Socialism that never existed. The post Chilean...
It took much less time for young US citizens to turn decisively against their government’s key role of arming Israel’s war on Gaza. The post...
Corn is central to Mexico’s agriculture, cuisine, nutrition, and culture. It is the center of origin for corn, since thousands of years ago. The...
The isolation the Ortega-Murillo duo uses to punish the world, is really just a sign of their own aloneness. The post Isolation is the Ortega...
Today I'm going to attempt to reach out to some fairly famous people, even though it's practically impossible. The post Message from Cuba to the...
Everything was going well before, everything continued well afterward, yet what marked the afternoon was an unusual hate attack The post We Suffered a...
A voice from above can help but it cannot replace the collective processes that unite activists and multitudes in search of alternatives. The post...
Justifications for dictatorship as they attempt to defend the indefensible—legitimizing tyrants and the brutal concentration of power. The post Are...
Stories from "In April I Was Still Alive": Interrogations in the prisons of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo's dictatorship. The post Nicaragua:...
Sometimes I wonder at what moment it stopped being a house. In Cuba, shuttered houses have become a metaphor for absence. The post Cuba Has Become a...
The key to Nicaragua’s liberation rests on a strategy of cohesion and cooperation among the opposition groups. The post Nicaragua: Organized...
The independent press raises the alarm over the arbitrary detention of two journalists by Cuban State Security. The post A Free Hand for Repression in...
With his death, Mario Vargas Llosa has closed the door on the most splendid era of our literature. The light, however, will remain on. The post The...
We are still waiting for an official statement, but the uproar is important—perhaps enough to shame them into reversing the decision. The post Cuban...
Amidst the tariff wars, the regional body opted for belligerent rhetoric instead of practical proposals. The post Celac Summit in Honduras: Another...
Electoral campaigning ended on Thursday April 10th, as did the publication of polling data. Now comes a tense wait until election day. The post Runoff...
This is a much more structural issue than we tend to believe and far more difficult to reverse if we want to prevent situations like Jamie’s. The...
The strategy of “maximum pressure” via sanctions is unlikely to overthrow Nicolas Maduro; negotiating with him inevitably confers legitimacy. The...
April 2018 marked the starting point of an unprecedented self-organized social mobilization in Nicaragua. The post What Does April Mean to Nicaraguan...
During the President’s tour of economic entities, social institutions, & neighborhoods the most touching moment was the children’s reactions......
With great fanfare, Cuban media celebrated this week the arrival of the first flight of the spring 2025 season carrying Russian tourists. The post...
I was in such a hurry to grow, and that was the stupidest wish I ever made in my early childhood. I had no idea how much I would lose. The post What...