Generation Zero: An Anthology of New Cuban Fiction editor Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo answers questions at City of Asylum Pittsburgh about the current state of Cuban literature, the complexity of the term “afro-cuban,” accessing the internet in Cuba, and why there’s currently a lack of unity among Cuban literary organizations and authors.
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In this piece cartoonist Pedro X. Molina (Nicaragua) comments on the one year anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s death.
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Cartoonist Maarten Wolterink (Netherlands) raises concern for other former USSR states, following Russia’s invasion of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine.
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In this cartoon, Alfredo Martirena (Cuba) examines the recent arrest of drug trafficker El Chapo.
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Joshua Oppenheimer talks about his academy award-nominated documentary, The Act of Killing, which focuses on the Indonesian killings of 1965–1966. He also discusses interviewing the death squad leaders and the culture of violence that keeps the past hidden in Indonesia.
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Switzerland and migrants. The European Union has suspended talks about Swiss research and education in the EU after a Swiss vote to curb immigration.
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Editorial cartoonist Jehad Awrtani (Jordan) on the surge of deaths in Syria, as the Geneva talks falter.
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