This is a democratic and peaceful exercise to demonstrate our concerns over the loss of jobs due to a free trade deal.

It's not ethical for the president to manage the state's resources at the same time he is a candidate. It's dishonest competition with the other presidential candidates.

I don't think he's exploiting it. He grew up with it. It became a part of him. And he does it well.

Her health condition is going in the right direction.

Those are encouraging signs, that's for sure. We see light at the end of the tunnel, but with this virus, we still can't be certain. We stay cautious, hoping she'll be recovered before the Olympics start.

Thank God they're well. We're extremely emotional.

We're not going anywhere. This is our neighborhood. We're here to stay. If they want our neighborhood, they have to deal with us. If not, we're going to take this all the way.

Given the somewhat unrespectful decisions by the Nicaraguan authorities relating to the granting of visas to (Cuban) rafters and other dissidents from Cuba, a climate has emerged which does not favor at all going ahead with these encounters.

I am personally hopeful that this time there will be a solution to this problem.