“One goes out to protest and they shoot us,” says a protester amid a political and economic crisis that transverses Venezuela. In 2012, under the promise of reducing the homicide rate in Venezuela, which was one of the highest in the region at that time, President Hugo Chávez banned the sales of arms to civil … Continue reading ‘No country is immune to tyranny,’ says Venezuelan activist and expert after Second Amendment discussion
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‘Cuba has lost its essence’: Colada Shop’s effort to save Cuban culture.
Colada Shop uses Cuban food not only to introduce Cuban culture to D.C. but to preserve it as Cuba continues to face scarcity and exodus that erases the authenticity of Cuban culture. Washington, (D.C.)- As Cuba continues to face food scarcity and exile under a sixty-year-dictatorship, Colada Shop creates a variety of Cuban specialties that … Continue reading ‘Cuba has lost its essence’: Colada Shop’s effort to save Cuban culture.