On the 23rd the corojo is broken, a mambisa expression that meant the end of the truce between the insurgents and the Spanish hosts, who refused to leave the “always faithful island of Cuba”, a phrase that, over time, became synonymous that there is no possible conciliation when the victims of the abuses assume that…
The Castro dictatorship politicizes everything that happens in Cuba, as reflected in a headline in the Granma newspaper, corresponding to the day the regime officially declared the extinction of the fire at the Supertanker base in Matanzas, a devastating human and material tragedy, which adds to the daily vicissitudes of the insular citizen, a particularly…
Between April 27 and 30, 1992, in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the X International Conference for Drug Control (IDEC) was held. The event was important for Bolivia, since a year earlier the country had managed to enter the Alternative Development program. Jaime Paz Zamora, then president of Bolivia, highlighted his government’s…
In several previous writings I have already explained that indigenismo is nothing more than a reheated Marxist discourse. But that does not pit the poor against the rich, but whites against indigenous people. Although indigenism is a discourse full of sophisms and fallacies, its real danger lies in the crimes committed in its name. Let’s…
The first time I heard or read about Taiwan, former Formosa, was because of the artillery bombardments that the People’s Republic of China, directed as a barracks by Mao Tse Tung, had ordered against the islands of Quemoy and Matsu, an attack that the islanders responded with dignity just like they are doing now. This…
Despite being a skeptic about the independence processes in Latin America, I must admit that the Bolivian regime has not been able to eliminate the significant date of August 6 is a great triumph, especially for those of us who yearn to see a Bolivia free of Castrochavism. It happens that, with greater emphasis since…
Russia strategically places in the arena that former President Chavez was poisoned… Specifically, Igor Kirillov, commander of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense of the Russian Armed Forces , stated that Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) was poisoned with a special substance capable of causing cancer. The Russian representative explained that the deadly liquid in question can…
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of having bombed a prison causing the death of nearly fifty inmates and injuring more than 120, the fact is under investigation and it is expected that due to the magnitude of the events those responsible will be punished severely. The prisoners, regardless of the crime committed, are defenseless…
A few days ago I visited my first weightlifting coach. Apart from remembering golden times in our beloved sport, the tragic situation in Bolivia was one of the topics we discussed. For a couple of old people (my teacher is in his sixties and I am in my forties) it is tragic to see how…
In the midst of the bleak world political scene, which unfortunately has spread to our continent, there are only two “little countries” with a long democratic tradition that stand up for the defense of individual freedoms, human rights and a free market economy. . They are the only ones who escape the evident and unfortunate…
