Tyranny Without Masks in Nicaragua
By openly decreeing that there will be no more elections in his country, Ortega marks a point of no return of unprecedented gravity.
Opinion
Cuba: When Time Itself Also Makes You Sick
A Cuban family’s testimony from a Havana hospital, facing an illness that does not wait.
Orwell and the Lesson Elites Still Don’t Want to Understand
No statistic can replace a conversation with someone who works, runs a business, pays taxes, or waits for medical care.
Luis Manuel Otero, Another Cuban Forced into Exile
From his earliest days as a visual and performance artist, Otero used his work to denounce political repression, censorship, and the lack of fundamental freedoms in Cuba.
Cuba: Brothers to the Rescue Trial in USA, a First Step
The trial of Luis Gonzalez Pardo, one of those implicated in the downing of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft in February 1996, is set for August 24.
Cuba Between Pain and Longing
That is how life unfolds in Cuba: enduring an adverse reality while nurturing the hope that this nightmare will end.
Nicaragua Without Ballot Boxes: Ortega’s Autocracy
Ortega was not making a threat: he was admitting the true nature of a regime that can only remain in power by eliminating the vote.
Nicaragua’s Dictatorship Was Not Born From The Revolution
Acknowledging shared responsibility for the emergence of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship does not diminish Ortega’s responsibility.
I Was Mistaken About Cuba’s Future
Months ago, armed with my calculations and a healthy dose of skepticism, I concluded that the Cuban system wouldn’t survive to see July 11.
Here In Havana, “Just Surviving”
In a country where the State no longer provides electricity, water, medicine, or bread, every family is trying to save itself however it can.