By Alejandra Garcia on March 1, 2022
students at the University of Havana, photo: Bill Hackwell
I’m from the generation that was born in the 1990s. Those were the most difficult times that Cuba experienced since the revolutionary triumph of 1959, led by Fidel. Then, the young people helped pull the island out of a “Special Period” and an unprecedented economic crisis. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 22, 2022 from Havana
anti war protest in US, photo: Liberation News
America’s hatred towards Russia is old news. Since the Cold War years, successive White House administrations have allocated billions of dollars to form Russophobes, spread false information, and discredit the European giant before the international community. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 17, 2022 from Havana
Buena Fe
Cubans of my generation grew up listening to the songs of the musical duo Buena Fe and the first concerts I went to as a teenager were theirs. I know every album, every hit and all their lyrics. I watched with pride as their popularity took off in other countries since friends from other latitudes began to ask me about these singers of Catalejo, Tras tus pies, and Corazonero. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 15, 2022, from Havana
photo: Ismael Batista
Two years ago, when COVID-19 broke out, we had no idea that it would be the most traumatic experience that every country in the world would have to live through, and that it would hit especially hard those nations with low resources, such as this small Caribbean island. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 13, 2022
photo: epa
Even though you wouldn’t know if you only followed the corporate media, in January violence continued to spiral in Colombia. Human rights movements recorded an increase of attacks against police stations, military bases, and civilians and reported assassinations and intimidation against social leaders in several departments. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 8, 2022
From February 5 until yesterday, the government of President Nayib Bukele was violating Nicaragua’s maritime space. During those days, several Salvadoran armed military vessels were seen prowling the Nicaraguan waters of the Gulf of Fonseca, a space shared by both countries and a third one, Honduras. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 6, 2022
Millions of Costa Ricans went to the polls today to elect the new leader who will guide the country for the next four years. According to local media and authorities, the day passed calmly and with a large turnout. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 3, 2022
Humanity is Diverse, photo: Bill Hackwell
This week, Cuba began a historic process as Cubans started to going to more than 78,000 meeting points to discuss the new draft of the Family Code, a broad, complex, but very important process for Cuban families. (more…)