With the start of regular season Major League Baseball on Monday, it’s a fitting moment to talk about the sport which has bound the U.S. and Cuba together since the 19th century. Like everything else, baseball couldn’t escape the politics and propaganda that have surrounded the relationship over the last three… read more »
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March 22, 2013
CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Cuba and Climate Change
There is a scientific consensus that climate change is real. Not everyone agrees, but the people who don’t believe it are answering to an awfully scornful title: climate change deniers. Since assuming leadership in 2006, following the illness of his brother, President Raúl Castro initiated a gradual process to update… read more »
March 19, 2013
El Salvador: Who Pays for the Broken Plates?
When peace agreements are signed and the guns are finally silenced, the cries for justice from victims and survivors are often drowned out by demands to “forgive and forget.” After civil war in places like El Salvador, the search for truth is considered, domestically and internationally, as a threat to… read more »
March 15, 2013
CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Cuba A-Z (from Aruca to Zoo-bio)
The New York Times once described him as “a cheerful, box-shaped man with a face like a friendly bulldog.” Like a bulldog, Francisco Aruca was resolute and courageous, friendly with strangers and, when provoked, he was a force to be reckoned with. So, we were stricken when friends like Silvia… read more »
December 19, 2012
HECTOR SILVA: El Top 5 de 2012
Hector Silva, El Faro - Recurro al listado de fin de año para ofrecer los cinco hechos políticos y tendencias que, a mi juicio, marcaron 2012 en El Salvador. La tregua pandillera, gestionada por el gabinete de Seguridad Pública que tomó posesión luego que la administración Funes sacara al FMLN de… read more »
November 2, 2012
El Salvador: Informe mensual octubre del 2012
A ocho meses de haber iniciado la tregua entre la Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) y Barrio 18, el índice de homicidios en El Salvador ha experimentado una drástica reducción y el proceso de paz en marcha ha empezado a hacer partícipe a la sociedad salvadoreña.
De improviso, el 11 de octubre, el Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos hizo un anuncio en el que designó a la MS-13 como una peligrosa organización criminal transnacional, al mismo nivel que las empresas criminales más grandes y sofisticadas del mundo. Sin embargo, según el Presidente Funes y su equipo de seguridad, esta decisión no repercutirá en el proceso de paz salvadoreño. Aún así, todavía son inciertos los motivos subyacentes de esta decisión, al igual que las consecuencias que originará para el país.
September 14, 2012
U.S.: No deal with Cuba on release of American
Associated Press - A U.S. State Department spokesperson said Thursday the U.S. does not see any willingness on Cuba’s part to seriously discuss the release of imprisoned American contractor Alan Gross, and urged Havana to send him home as a humanitarian gesture. State Department spokeswoman Neda Brown was responding to a… read more »
August 29, 2012
Photos: CDA Fact-finding delegation to El Salvador
From August 19th-24th, 2012, the Center for Democracy in the Americas led a fact-finding delegation of Congressional staffers and other policy makers to El Salvador to study the Partnership for Growth Initiative. The delegation met with representatives of the Salvadoran and U.S. governments who are working on the Partnership for… read more »
August 17, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Ryan’s Conversion on the Road to Havana
Rep. Paul Ryan flip-flopped on Cuba. Before voting to support the embargo in 2007, he opposed sanctions and spoke passionately against them. Now, the Romney campaign and its supporters in Florida have gone to great lengths to reassure their conservative Cuban American base that Ryan isn’t the Cuba contrarian now that he appeared to be less than a decade ago. That’s the end of the story, but not the moral of the story.
July 2, 2012
Honduras’ Military Crackdown Faces Legal Challenge
Tracey Knott, InSight Crime – The Committee of Families of Disappeared and Detainees in Honduras (COFADEH) filed a claim with the Honduran Supreme Court on June 30 against the government’s decision to grant police powers to the military. The victims’ advocacy group argues that the military’s presence in the streets is… read more »
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