A few days ago in Madrid, I had the opportunity to meet with two independent Cuban journalists. They were in the city to offer a firsthand account of the grim realities on the island. As our conversation began, one of… Read More
Recently at a conference in Madrid, Elisa Trotta, former ambassador of the Venezuelan government in exile in Argentina, said something incredibly poignant: “In Venezuela, time is measured in victims.” It was an expression of pain, one that describes life under the… Read More
This month Cuba plunged into darkness—literally. But was this energy grid catastrophe truly a sudden blackout, or has the communist country been in the dark for much longer? Millions of Cubans have been without power for weeks as the worst… Read More
One month after Venezuela’s fraudulent elections, many are asking, what happens now? Former U.S. diplomat Thomas Shannon recently stated that Venezuela is facing two possible futures: the Ortega Model and the Romanian Model. The first model would result in… Read More
According to a recent report by Transparencia Electoral, of the supposedly 800 electoral observers or international missions that participated in the recent Venezuelan electoral process, only the identities of 100 people could be confirmed, and even less than that delivered on… Read More
Writing in the National Review, VOC’s Hernán Alberro explores the strategic need for the United States and the rest of the democratic world to pay more attention to Latin America — as China, Russia, and Iran continue to maintain an… Read More
July 11th, 2021, will be remembered as a pivotal day in the fight against Communism. On this day, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in an unprecedented demonstration that echoed across nearly every corner of the island. With speakers blaring the song “Patria y Vida” (“Homeland and Life”)—a direct challenge to the Cuban regime’s motto, “Homeland or Death”—many Cubans demonstrated for the first time in their lives.
