Katarina Hall

Katarina Hall is a Guatemalan born writer, a Research Associate at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and a Young Voices Advocate.

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Political prisoners kicked under the rug as Castro greets Obama

During President Barack Obama and Raúl Castro’s joint conference in Havana, a daring journalist asked the communist leader about Cuba’s political prisoners. Raúl’s response: “Did you ask me if we had political prisoners? Give me a list of political prisoners and I will release them immediately… they will be released before tonight ends.” The night […]

Politics

Election loss does not mean the end of socialist Venezuela

This week, Venezuela’s opposition won more than two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly, giving them the power to change the politics of the socialist country. This landslide victory presents the biggest threat to Hugo Chavez’s legacy in over 17 years. The result has the potential to impact the politics of Venezuela, and the […]