The timing of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall’s historic journey to Cuba could not have been less auspicious.
“Tourists to Cuba see an exotic island lost to time, but I see a country in desperate need of meaningful change.”
The Center for a Free Cuba has raised the issue of Raul Castro’s deployment to Venezuela of thousands of soldiers and security agents with members of Congress, media, NGOs, and in a brief exchange with Vice President Pence.
John Bolton, el Consejero de Seguridad de Donald Trump, ha declarado que van a apretarles las clavijas económicas a Cuba por el apoyo que le da La Habana a la dictadura de Nicolás Maduro. ¿Por qué esta furia renovada?
Cuba's deep involvement in Venezuela is causing new tensions in the historically close relationship between Canada and Cuba, with Nicolas Maduro increasingly leaning on the Cubans to keep him in power as Venezuelans turn against him.
The Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), a project of PEN America, has released its first white paper, Art Under Pressure: Decree 349 Restricts Creative Freedom in Cuba today and is available in English and Spanish.
Esta semana:
El Padre Varela, el Referéndum Constitucional y el futuro | Dagoberto Valdés Hernández
¿Comenzará otro período especial en Cuba?| Karina Gálvez Chiú
Cuba después del 24 de febrero | Jorge I. Guillén Martínez
La ciencia y sus implicaciones políticas | Yoandy Izquierdo Toledo
Necesitamos mirarnos con ojos limpios | Rosalia Viñas Lazo
DEL CENTRO PARA LA APERTURA Y EL DESARROLLO EN AMERICA LATINA
After many years of benign neglect, the world has taken notice of the tragedy, the political and humanitarian crisis, taking place in Cuba and Venezuela. Millions of Venezuelan refugees have fled to neighboring counties, thousands of Cuban soldiers and security forces play an important role in the repression of peaceful demonstrators throughout the country, and Nicolas Maduro, the illegitimate despot, has been denounced by most democracies around the world. Will the Venezuelan military side with the Venezuelan people and their aspiration to regain their freedom? The whole world is watching.
In spite of the Government's repression and abuse of its great media apparatus to promote the approval of its new Constitution, 41.60% of Cubans are still willing to vote "No" in the referendum on February 24, and 16% say they will abstain.
The Latin American Youth Network for Democracy (JuventudLAC) promoter of the Cuba Decide initiative and the Foundation for Pan American Democracy, are honored to announce the winner of the third edition of the Oswaldo Payá: Freedom and Life Award, President of the Republic of Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez.
Si alguien pretendiera encontrar una definición de lo más actual y trascendente de lo que está ocurriendo en Cuba podría afirmar que hoy se vive una transición de la autoridad del símbolo a la fuerza de la ley.
El papa Francisco, durante su reciente visita a Panamá, tuvo un encuentro con jóvenes cubanos que viajaron desde la isla-cárcel. Fueron sintomáticas palabras de saludo de una joven, cuando manifestó su esperanza de que en Cuba "cada familia tenga los bienes espirituales y materiales necesarios".
La oposición venezolana encendió los hornos, parafraseando a Jose Martí, en el que se incinerará la dictadura castro chavista, porque como dijo el Maestro de libertades, “es la hora de los hornos y no se ha de ver más que la luz”.
Several European Union countries recognized Mr. Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president in a push for fresh presidential elections to end a deepening political crisis and an economic meltdown.
El presidente tacha veladamente a Maduro de "tirano" y confía en que liderará la transición hasta unas elecciones, según desvela en una reunión..
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. One way to measure the failure of this prolonged exercise in despotism is to look at its changing narrative.
La Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana dio a conocer hoy la declaración que aquí se incluye sobre “los momentos históricos que viven Venezuela, America Latina y el Mundo.”
His hand chopping in the air, his voice stern and stalwart, he declared that it was time for the regional despot to go and warned of the consequences if he did not. With a commander in chief’s resolve, he vowed that the United States would do whatever it took to protect its own diplomats on the ground.