Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security adviser who secretly negotiated normalization of relations with Cuba under the Obama administration, said he believes Donald Trump will order a military invasion of Cuba. “He’ll do something,” Rhodes said in an interview with Hasan Minhaj, an actor, writer and political commentator. Rhodes said Trump wants Cuba’s beachfront … Read more
El Departamento de Estado finalmente ha publicado un archivo confidencial sobre un proyecto de promoción de la democracia de 3,3 millones de dólares dirigido a Cuba. Recibí los documentos, con numerosas partes censuradas y sellos de “No clasificado”, hoy mismo, tras una espera exasperante de 14 años, 8 meses y 15 días. Presenté una solicitud … Read more
The State Department has finally released a sensitive file about a $3.3 million democracy promotion project targeting Cuba. I received the heavily redacted documents, with fresh UNCLASSIFIED stamps, earlier today after a staggering 14-year, 8-month, and 15-day wait. I filed a Freedom of Information Act request about Freedom House operations in Cuba on October 8, … Read more
En la provincia de Chiriquí, millones de dólares de los contribuyentes permanecen congelados entre la burocracia y el cemento. Desde un tanque de agua vacío de 250.000 litros en las faldas del volcán Barú hasta una cancha de fútbol sintética de grado FIFA sin instalar y almacenada, la ciudad de Volcán refleja una epidemia nacional. … Read more
In Chiriquí Province, millions of dollars in taxpayer money sit frozen in concrete and red tape. From an empty quarter-million-gallon water tank on the flanks of the Barú Volcano to an uninstalled FIFA-grade synthetic soccer pitch locked away in storage, the town of Volcán mirrors a national epidemic. A pattern of institutional failure, political whiplash, … Read more