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WEBNicaragua’s Absurd and Out-of-Control Repression. September 18, 2024. Since 2018, the Ortega dictatorship has sharpened its persecution against all Nicaraguans it considers opposed in any way to its mandate.
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WEB6 days ago · She Was Released from Jail but Banished from Nicaragua. September 7, 2024. “I’m fine. Sad, angry, emotional, but okay,” she told me. Then her voice broke into intense crying. “They still have other women locked up.”.
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WEB1 day ago · The San Juan de Letran Church of Havana. September 11, 2024. When I was 21, I used to go with a friend to the San Juan de Letran Church here in Havana. We were having problems at school and at home. (39 photos) open-minded writing.
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WEB2 days ago · Havana Weather for September 19-25. September 18, 2024. Highs between 28 and 32°C (82 and 90°F), while lows will be 23 and 24°C (73 and 75°F). The sea surface temperature will be 30°C (86°F).
What You Need to Know as Cuba Reopens to Tourists
WEBNov 14, 2021 · HAVANA TIMES – On October 20, 2021, Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) announced that the country was moving towards a “controlled and tiered [opening] of its borders, scheduled for November 15th.”. Amidst an economic crisis considered to be the worst one in the past thirty years and …
Nicaraguan Indigenous Struggle to Preserve Their Identity
WEBApr 5, 2024 · HAVANA TIMES – When a baby is born in the community of La Laguna, some 2.5 miles from the town of San Ramon in Nicaragua’s north central region, the mother presents the baby to the full moon. It’s an ancestral rite that takes place before the newborn baby is two months old. In the ceremony, the mother invokes the “protective energy ...
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WEB2 days ago · Havana Weather for September 19-25. September 18, 2024. Highs between 28 and 32°C (82 and 90°F), while lows will be 23 and 24°C (73 and 75°F). The sea surface temperature will be 30°C (86°F).
How are Cubans Navigating the Flour and Bread Crisis?
WEBA Cuban family with one or more children at home knows that bread is their savior. “It’s small and poor quality, but it means my daughter has breakfast,” Nersa says. “It’s been a while now that I don’t even know what it is to eat bread,” she says. “It’s just her and me on our own, and I leave her my roll for her snack.”.
Cuba, Currency and Exchange Rates - Havana Times
WEBDec 16, 2020 · A devaluation in the Cuban peso since the Revolution in 1959 and the elimination of the current currency CUC will occur January 1 2021. The Cuban government has been very hesitant to bring in this economic “shock”, and it is and will be an extreme shock though the communist elites through their propaganda machine will hype up all the abstract positives of such a move while the majority of ...
Food Has Become Inaccessible in Cuba for Many - Havana Times
WEBFeb 9, 2022 · For example, the price of pork, Cuba’s Dow Jones Industrial Average, is an excellent indicator of price inflation: a kilo of pork can cost between 10 and 13 USD, while a kilo on a market in similar conditions to Cuba can cost around 4.5 USD. Both shortages and price markups in MLC negatively affect access to food in Cuban pesos.