Ricardo González

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Students protest against education and health-care reforms proposed by Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández in Tegucigalpa on April 30. (Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images)

The protests that shook Honduras in recent days were part of a broader crisis of legitimacy and governance that has been dragging on in the country for years.

After dozens of people were arrested and injured, and businesses and government buildings burned down, President Juan Orlando Hernández instructed Congress to withdraw two bills that would have privatized education and health services and potentially caused significant layoffs.

The proposals triggered mass protests by unions, students and social movement organizations. They have been scrapped, but a large question looms: How long will it be possible to sustain a government incapable of fulfilling the promises of democracy and economic growth?…  Seguir leyendo »

La Historia y la Geografía barajan sus cartas para seleccionar y repartir sus ases de corazones. Entremezclan naipes de amor y de paz, forjada a golpes de hambre y de esperanza. Así las cosas, en cualquier momento llegaré a preguntarme: ¿Cuba se halla en la India? ¿Santa Clara en Ponbandar? ¿Cuándo irrumpió a la vida: en 1869 o en 1962? Lo mismo me ocurre con los nombres. Cómo debo llamarlo: ¿Mohandas Fariñas o Guillermo Gandhi? Es solo un lapsus mentis. Me basta con desempolvar la memoria para que enseguida broten mis recuerdos personales, y vea la imagen magra del Premio Sajarov del 2010.…  Seguir leyendo »

I never imagined I would be born at the age of 60, at an altitude of several thousand feet above the Atlantic. That isn’t gibberish; it’s what I felt when I was released from jail in Cuba and exiled to Spain last Monday.

My debut as a prisoner of conscience came early in 2003, a period subsequently characterized by the world’s press as the Black Spring. I was just one of 75 Cubans imprisoned for our belief that freedom is an achievable miracle and not a crime against the state.

They say prison is a school, and it’s true. I did my best to be a good student and kept back my tears.…  Seguir leyendo »