<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:36:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/latamreports/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth, Dynasty, and the Limits of Latin American Democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wealth and lineage are two unmistakable sources feeding the core of political life. They may clash against the more or less successful attempts of popular and social movements, but they are always present.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/wealth-dynasty-and-the-limits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/wealth-dynasty-and-the-limits</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCJ5xrjrSwyzJC2aNjBPirjqgiHj487ctgyDLC7vFXfCMz2y8zxmwgZKFKtkayGhDdxwepd3cmuB2Pr92AkNRS8jK6UGphm7tuJbGpr3E5mmnPTgNCSy?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arturo Sandoval and Political Intolerance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some years ago, I was in communication with the great Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval—the godson of the unforgettable Dizzy Gillespie—through the old, abandoned Twitter. For me, that was a source of great]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/arturo-sandoval-and-political-intolerance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/arturo-sandoval-and-political-intolerance</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJ48Ed4vkBpMon6GNzsCSHbDsH6TceqR2MMjv6TeDotWFFeaPDn6EosMBpiEJRXhEWYM7sevoFYn717VayimhrWn4VFEcUfyku7vrq9iCM2t46?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting the spotlight where it belongs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aswering this from a longtime CNN correspondent in Havana In Sagua de Tánamo, my hometown municipality in Holguín, they had gone 33 hours without electricity by midday today. That is the norm, and it affects]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/putting-the-spotlight-where-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/putting-the-spotlight-where-it</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmTjHhECQz7as9tr1L1KEDW7gTJaMh9dyUUSXf6c7Adp6X/7aqcjd2i.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris Van Hollen vs. Marco Rubio on Cuba]]></title><description><![CDATA[The brief exchange between Senator Chris Van Hollen and Marco Rubio this Tuesday reveals the irrationality that this administration embodies. Van Hollen took him through several tense points, but the one]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/chris-van-hollen-vs-marco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/chris-van-hollen-vs-marco</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:47:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDEhtndMZsi8ceAeSzUoBuJTbut1Y546bBpXr4M2mLZSDdvU9J2ateLe3RNLTT1pCaDSA7AmQDpNvfzEaci8N6unwobN76FU2YYri?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuba, the “Independence Day,” and the indictment against Raúl Castro]]></title><description><![CDATA[As is customary every year, the sitting U.S. president issued the official statement because of the date on which Cuba was formally constituted as an “independent” republic. “Today, we commemorate Cuban]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-the-independence-day-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-the-independence-day-and</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109255]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 22:51:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJ48Ed4vkBpMon6GNzsCSHbLu2WYgPXMbp8pidyL31eZnLp7uvnUHXGnkSgisppWky9HSA8uEyjRvMKRHAParv8e7DLMd8nz1w6AMFTsVj8BUi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the incredible deportation of Alex Saab]]></title><description><![CDATA[The incoherence of Venezuelan "leadership"—if you can even call "leadership" a "power" structure that has no effective autonomy except what another actor (Washington) allows]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/on-the-incredible-deportation-of</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/on-the-incredible-deportation-of</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109255]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDEhtndMZsi8ceAeSzUoBuJSHwuaUfPZSEm2WSyuNcHrDAEomY3P1WhkinWZ2xz3ippUg1qiJSnXqdvBNreKh5RhHVC9are34gv3x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuba and the Quest for Peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am firmly convinced that if the United States' rationale is that Cuba must negotiate its political future with it—id est, the specific reforms that the country, in any case, must undertake organically—,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-and-the-quest-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-and-the-quest-for</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 21:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJ48Ed4vkBpMon6GNzsCSHbDsH6TceqR2MMjv6TeDotWFFeaPDn6EosMBpiEJRXhEWYM7sevoFYn717VayimhrWn4VFEcUfyku7vrq9iCM2t46?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuba and the crass cynicism of the Trump administration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Right now, about a third of Cuba is disconnected from the national power system, which suffered another partial collapse—the umpteenth—after a critical thermal power plant in the western province]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-and-the-crass-cynicism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-and-the-crass-cynicism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:16:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmTjHhECQz7as9tr1L1KEDW7gTJaMh9dyUUSXf6c7Adp6X/7aqcjd2i.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Latin American Report # 720]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peru: The victory of weariness Blank and null votes in Peru (3,142,121) exceed by 17% the total votes obtained by Keiko Fujimori—the eldest daughter of the late, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori—who]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-latin-american-report-720</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-latin-american-report-720</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:57:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmRot684v7BxE3z2q5ge3GJDf5Dh2QDWyExbipXiwBwShW/welcome_little_one_.gif" length="0" type="image/gif"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Cuba send mercenaries to support Russia in Ukraine?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been more than two years with this question in the air, and the short answer is that there is no smoking-gun evidence to support a definitive yes. So far, there are signs, clues that may lead us]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/did-cuba-send-mercenaries-to</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/did-cuba-send-mercenaries-to</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:47:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmfBFwmmnEfmYSsZniVHfAc86oQd95fLpwnoNva24BajHR/f5ieo_vxqaa8w3a.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quick read of the Cuban president's interview with NBC News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, gave a historic interview to NBC News' Meet the Press show. This occurs at a moment]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/a-quick-read-of-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/a-quick-read-of-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:19:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmVF6G6LRD2Y8y9qfHQbdb53WRTokYtJvLuBfbHBAsXBgR/hftvbyoxcae5s4b.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first cracks in Delcy's reign in Venezuela?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent hours, it has been interesting to monitor the protests that have broken out in Venezuela demanding a wage increase, given that the minimum wage (130 bolívares) has been frozen for four years.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-first-cracks-in-delcy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-first-cracks-in-delcy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:52:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmZmXcWU8Mf7sy3uL8SE6j3iBJgCpnZfhFSaKnrmF8k4de/qknonxi7.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI models imagine a liberal, capitalist Cuba, but still sanctioned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time and again, when I talk with my closest friends from my university years—one lives in Uruguay, another in Spain, and the third in the United States—about the Cuban reality and the reasons behind the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/ai-models-imagine-a-liberal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/ai-models-imagine-a-liberal</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:02:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmPKTk1E4DzcU3EBo28Jz8n4YaGURsCC71p6LkYUUs4tYW/ai_generated.webp" length="0" type="image/webp"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Latin American Report # 715]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iran's top diplomat in Buenos Aires left Argentina this Saturday, according to the chancellor of Javier Milei's government, as stated by EFE. Relations between Tehran and the South American country have]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-latin-american-report-715</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-latin-american-report-715</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmaGo9m8UE2SmLahtRinwwSMjjNMPd7Fc65myuayAUZyER/welcome_little_one_2_.gif" length="0" type="image/gif"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuba is releasing 2,010 prisoners: What it means for its immediate future?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source The Cuban government has taken the important and long-awaited step of approving a mass pardon, whereby 2,010 people deprived of their liberty are already being released, according to reports from]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-is-releasing-2010-prisoners-what-it-means-for-its-immediate-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/cuba-is-releasing-2010-prisoners-what-it-means-for-its-immediate-future</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:55:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqu3DzbuwU6AjgZRofgpW9WwEUtvY22orAGqq6noiPrvm8Z1JmopVL2WWrVawDYs6wnXgd1a67orBWQUuVLq1bGjhKSXyZ2Jw6512mcPy2R7mSQn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Who's in Charge Here?" Venezuela's Agony Under Trump's Grip]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a while since we last updated Venezuela. For me, it's a painful exercise because it is conclusive proof of how crude the world has become under the malevolent influence of the Trump administration,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/who-s-in-charge-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/who-s-in-charge-here</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:29:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmdz9aSrDt9nTsSkMgHPx8ZB95Hw8o4hoVyrxEjfvqTjEm/o5joxtww.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Crude Reaches Cuba Amid U.S.-Forced Drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cuban Foreign Ministry thanked Moscow this Tuesday for the shipment of some 730,000 barrels of Urals crude, after an involuntary fast from international fuel lasting over three months due to a]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/russian-crude-reaches-cuba-amid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/russian-crude-reaches-cuba-amid</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109255]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmfJEvz9Y3Ez3jyN64wekPMHod5XiZ9iHBo7n1B3dzexYe/lucd_us.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Latin American Report # 712]]></title><description><![CDATA[The effects of the war in Iran are being felt across the region, and Chile is a country where they are evidenced more strongly following the decision of the newly inaugurated president, José Antonio Kast,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-latin-american-report-712</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-latin-american-report-712</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHT5Fvr9KYC2gxEN3P7oD11Skv4rcBoSwYv2XgVjnKwx3KHakZWH8MZdEm1534MQBzzbwu2G2ot3bJhFj5gxgW9dPu1kDHTYLEWX85Rf2FNh5ZAj8biVwF5VkVxuZMk9j?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico does not let Cuba be erased from the map]]></title><description><![CDATA[While she understood that she could not compromise her country's economy by going against the oil blockade policy imposed by Trump on Cuba, Claudia Sheinbaum has shown a level of commitment to the critical]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/mexico-does-not-let-cuba</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/mexico-does-not-let-cuba</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109255]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmW4TC4PxdsWB3LKNv8mqwnYSBAvhUFJLU3jdCZnLrxk2n/zu930aa2.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cuban government makes an interesting diplomatic move]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the midst of growing tension with the United States, a high-ranking Cuban diplomat has revealed to the alternative left-wing outlet Drop Site that Cuba is willing to offer a lump sum as compensation]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-cuban-government-makes-an</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@limonta/the-cuban-government-makes-an</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109255]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[limonta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 03:01:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmW4TC4PxdsWB3LKNv8mqwnYSBAvhUFJLU3jdCZnLrxk2n/zu930aa2.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item></channel></rss>