Cuban Americans have heard the word "libertad," or liberty, at protests for decades. Now it's being shouted in Cuba, and they say the world should pay attention.
“You arrive very beaten, and you have to learn to transform the pain,” one Nicaraguan said. “That is why I will always be grateful to Mexico for giving me refuge.”
The violent looting and riots triggered by former president Jacob Zuma’s arrest are adding to South Africa’s pre-existing economic and COVID-19 instabilities. More than 200 have died, and many more must wait in long lines for food, fuel and medicine.
“My Mom and Dad, who are Catholics, say it’s crazy,” said soccer player Andrea Hernández. “But for us, those of us who like soccer, it is very nice that Maradona can have such recognition in Mexico.”
Miguel Díaz-Canel said on Friday the United States, not Cuba, was a failed state, "which, to please a reactionary and blackmailing minority, is capable of doing damage to 11 million humans.”
Protests and riots erupted across South African cities at a scale not seen in nearly three decades following the arrest of former South African President Jacob Zuma. More than 100 people have been killed, and thousands arrested.