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US Invasions in Latin America 2.0?

An invasion of Venezuela would intensify remilitarization, authoritarianism, and fragmentation already growing in the Latin American region. The post...

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Cuba: The Country That Is Running Out of People

The decline and aging of Cuba’s population is not merely a statistic nor an automatic parallel with aging societies in the developed world. The...

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Cubans Ask “Until When?”

Cubans Ask “Until When?”

Until When? is a question that has echoed among Cubans for decades, born of the urgent longing for improvement in their critical situation. The post...

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How and When Human Rights Became a Wrong in Cuba

How and When Human Rights Became a Wrong in Cuba

The structural vulnerability has turned citizens into hostages of the state and permanent victims of systematic human rights violations. The post How...

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Cuba Has a New Exchange Rate, What Doesn’t It Mean?

We remain mere props in this comedy of errors, aboard a ship without a course, trying to find the path toward the light. The post Cuba Has a New...

22.12.2025 9

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Killer Robots: The Terrifying Rise of Algorithmic Warfare

Killer Robots: The Terrifying Rise of Algorithmic Warfare

Machines with no conscience are making split-second decisions about who lives & who dies. This isn’t dystopian fiction; it’s today’s reality....

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Miguel Coyula, a Cuban Director Who Thinks the New Man

Miguel Coyula is an “uncomfortable” figure, something indicated by the professional marginalization he faces in Cuba. The post Miguel Coyula, a...

17.12.2025 10

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Cuba: Diaz-Canel’s Speech on His Ex-Friend Alejandro Gil

The president used quotes from Fidel Castro to denigrate the person who was his right-hand man in the government. The post Cuba: Diaz-Canel’s Speech...

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Three Myths About Trump, Maria Corina Machado, & Venezuela

Forcing Maduro’s resignation should not be a Trump adventure, but part of an international effort to respect the 2024 results. The post Three Myths...

16.12.2025 10

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Chile Goes from Inspiring Change to a Conservative Backlash

For those of us who aspire to greater justice and equality in the country, this result is a devastating blow. The post Chile Goes from Inspiring...

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Dollarization, Another Shot in the Dark in Cuba

Cuban authorities have had to introduce the hated dollar into the official vocabulary, according to them, on a temporary basis. The post...

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Why Did the Cuban Regime Need to Bury Alejandro Gil?

I don’t write from an absolute truth, but from the moral obligation to think aloud. The case of Alejandro Gil is not a simple legal matter... The...

11.12.2025 10

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Tension in Venezuela: What Happens in Cuba if Maduro Falls?

Since Hugo Chavez inaugurated the era of subsidized oil and ideological embraces, Venezuela has been the external lifeline of Castroism. The post...

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An Incredible Example of Cuban Democracy

“Sunday’s vote in Havana’s fifteen municipalities disproves the claim that our president never hits the mark." The post An Incredible Example of...

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Soweto–Prague–Caracas: One Year Without Jesus Armas

He did not stay and risk arrest out of naïveté. He stayed because he believes Venezuelans deserve more than resignation. The post...

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Havana Can’t Take it Anymore

“This was the first time I’ve heard people in Cuba openly criticizing the government in front of me, a foreigner” The post Havana Can’t Take...

09.12.2025 9

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Banishment & Prison: The Price of Speaking Out in Nicaragua

Between exile and persecution, Nicaraguan writers and journalists struggle to make their voices heard inside and outside the country. The post...

08.12.2025 10

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Chile’s Birthrate Crisis and the December 14th Elections

Chile’s fertility rate has fallen to 1.03 children per woman, the lowest in Latin America and one of the lowest in the world. The post Chile’s...

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The Narco President Walks Free and With His Head Held High

In short, for US President Donald Trump, Juan Orlando Hernandez “may be an SOB… but he’s one of ours.” The post The Narco President Walks Free...

06.12.2025 10

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Another Ally for Trump

Honduras’ new president could add another Central American country to the growing influence of the Bukele model. The post Another Ally for Trump...

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This Is How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza

Today, with a tenuous cease-fire, it may be tempting for the party to memory hole what has happened in Gaza. The post This Is How the Democrats Blew...

04.12.2025 20

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Cuba: Without a Channel for Dissent, No Way Out of Crisis

The criminalization of dissent has profound consequences on political and social dynamics. One is the rise of extremism and polarization. The post...

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Venezuela, a Tense Wait and See

What happens in Venezuela in the coming weeks could shape the United States’ relationship with our region for the remainder of Trump’s term. The...

02.12.2025 8

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“Chikungunya,” Cuba’s Word of the Year

More than 50,000 Cubans were hospitalized at the end of November 2025 for arboviral infections, including chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. The post...

01.12.2025 8

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Nicaragua: Speak Out about the Missing or Remain Silent?

The example of Rosa Ruiz highlights that a clear, loud denunciation is the first step towards defeating a policy of forced disappearances. The post...

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Cuba: A Country That Is Leaving

The Cuban government's relationship with its population on other shores remains one of its many unresolved issues. The post Cuba: A Country That Is...

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Truth Eventually Catches Up with the Lie

Every November 25th, the world stops for a short moment to recognize something that many of us experience every day: violence against women. The post...

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A Hidden Anti-Feminist Discourse in Chile

The foundation contributes to a global anti-feminist storyline that questions the credibility of victims of gender-based violence. The post A Hidden...

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Truth Eventually Catches Up with the Lie

Every November 25th, the world stops for a short moment to recognize something that many of us experience every day: violence against women. The post...

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Mexico – USA: A Relationship That Withstands Everything?

Mexico distances itself from the US in its regional diplomacy while making common cause with its neighbor on vital bilateral agenda issues. The post...

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An Exit Plan for Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela

Maximum military pressure, safe passage for Maduro, amnesty for those without crimes against humanity, & a government led by Edmundo González The...

24.11.2025 20

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Cuban President Diaz-Canel Caught in Another Lie 

By diverting attention from his disastrous performance by aiming the cannons at the US embargo and economic sanctions. The post Cuban President...

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Cuba’s Ministry of Fear and the Culture of Panic

In the hallways of the Ministry of Censorship, they no longer discuss five-year plans, but rather daily rumors. The post Cuba’s Ministry of Fear and...

19.11.2025 20

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Cuba: The Farce of the Alejandro Gil Trial Part One

The first part of the trial against Cuba’s former Minister of Economy and Planning (2018–2024), Alejandro Gil Fernández, has ended... The post...

17.11.2025 20

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Are the USA’s Unilateral Sanctions on Cuba a Good Thing?

Cuban public opinion rarely reflects in depth on the legal and democratic grounds upon which sanctions against a State should be judged. The post Are...

14.11.2025 10

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Cuba: Will There Be More Transparency This Time?

The serious accusations against Gil, which include espionage, must be proven if the regime wants to show it is a transparent legal process. The post...

09.11.2025 10

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Why the Dollar and the Euro Rise & Fall vs the Cuban Peso

The price of the dollar or euro can soar, stabilize at a new high, and then fall sharply. However, it rarely returns to its starting point. The post...

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Cuba: The Rebellion of the ‘Clarias’: Cracks in the Regime

If the Prosecutor’s Office announcement about charges against Alejandro Gil was a “smokescreen,” it backfired badly. The post Cuba: The...

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The Coup Mentality in Brazil Persists

The historic conviction of Jair Bolsonaro and the military for the attempted coup in 2023 has not stopped those who supported it... The post The Coup...

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Ex Economy Minister Alejandro Gil is Cuba’s New Scapegoat

It seems they want to repeat the story: that a top government official does whatever he pleases while his superiors know nothing. The post Ex Economy...

02.11.2025 10

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When Ideas Win Hearts but Parties Push People Away

Many people in Chile and Latin America share left-wing ideas but feel an emotional rejection toward the parties that promote them. The post When Ideas...

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Cognitive Dissonance and El Toque’s Currency Exchange Rates

El Toque's Representative Currency Exchange Rate fills a need as the Cuban gov. maintains an “official” exchange rate that defies reality. The...

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Elian, Get Out of the Circus!

Elian, you’re no longer a child, the innocent gleam in your eyes from 25 years ago is gone. The post Elian, Get Out of the Circus! appeared first on...

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Cuba and What’s Happened in Nepal after the GenZ Uprising?

Observing this process with political maturity would be far more useful than celebrating other people’s victories as if they were our own. The post...

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Neither Meek nor Apolitical, Cubans of Generation Z

The clash between these young people and those in power is inevitable and is getting closer every day. The post Neither Meek nor Apolitical, Cubans of...

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Torture in El Salvador’s Prisons

These are the barbarities that survivors of Nayib Bukele’s prison system in El Salvador witnessed: torture and death. The post Torture in El...

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The Cuban Regime Survives Thanks to Our Paranoia

It is paradoxical that activists who proclaim “freedom for political prisoners” quickly join defamatory campaigns. The post The Cuban Regime...

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Peru’s Paper Presidencies

The real power of Peru’s political system lies in Congress, where various groups divide it up in more or less equal portions. The post Peru’s...

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Cuban Americans Stance on No Kings Day Protests

In Miami, the epicenter of much of the Cuban, Venezuelan, and Nicaraguan community, the day of protest has a special meaning. The post Cuban...

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Why Maria Corina Machado Won the Nobel Peace Prize

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Corina Machado recognizes her peaceful struggle for Venezuelan democracy.. The post Why Maria Corina...

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