Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic: Yesterday in the Capitolio neighborhood one thing did not quite add up, and I finally figured out what was not settling easily – I was in Santo Domingo physically, but mentally I was still in Havana. When the civic associations were explaining their actions, we were confused because they did not …

Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic: Santo Domingo is something else again!  We flew two hours to the east and south into another time zone – Caracas time in the same way one would say that eastern standard is New York time or Central Standard is Chicago time – and another world.  Here an election is just …