‘Daring to live in democracy’: Cuba protest could end in tragedy
On Nov. 6, Denis Solís González (above), a young and rebellious Cuban rapper, dared to call a police officer who broke into his house to harass him a “chicken… Read more »
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Cuba’s liquidity crisis: Will Covid force reform or further repression?
The #Castro regime has aged badly. Cuba’s rum was legendary, before the regime stole it to finance their repression. Now every bottle sold keeps Cuba’s dictatorship in power longer…. Read more »
Exposing the ‘dark reality’ behind Cuba’s medical missions
The U.S. says it is pressuring Cuba to end human rights violations such as harassment of opponents of Cuba’s one party system. It also wants Havana to stop supporting… Read more »
Would ‘exit ramp’ for Maduro accelerate Venezuela’s transition?
The United States this week imposed sanctions on five Venezuelan officials in the latest step to pressure Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro to step down as the country’s leader, VOA reports… Read more »
Cuba: battling economic crisis, escalating attacks on civil society
Communist-run Cuba has imposed sweeping price controls on all state and private businesses as it battles a deepening economic crisis and mounting U.S. sanctions, Reuters reports: Resolutions published in the… Read more »
How Cuba hijacked Venezuela
Raul Castro, head of the ruling Communist Party and former president, said that in the wake of Venezuela’s economic collapse, Cuba’s economic situation “could get worse” in the coming months… Read more »
Democracies divided over Venezuela’s ‘Mafia State’
The power outage that left most of Venezuela without electricity for five days in early March seemed eerily symbolic of the mood among many people there. Living through one of… Read more »
Venezuela: Why is this moment different?
Venezuelan soldiers opened fire on a group of civilians attempting to keep open a segment of the southern border with Brazil for deliveries of humanitarian aid, leading to multiple injuries… Read more »
Latin America braced for ‘Bolsonaro effect.’ How did the unthinkable happen?
Following the crushing victory of right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff presidential election, Brazil’s Latin American neighbors are bracing for a regional “Bolsonaro effect,” AFP reports: The knock-on effect… Read more »
Kleptocratic solidarity: Russia aids Venezuela’s ‘mafia state’
Russia has sent a senior delegation to Venezuela to consult high-ranking government officials on a plan to stem the brutal economic collapse in a key Kremlin ally, Bloomberg reports: Venezuela… Read more »