By Manuel R. Gomez on July 19, 2015
Since the President’s Cuba announcement last December, observers have been trying to fathom whether the intent is only to change the strategy of our policy, while retaining the long standing goal of “regime change,” or whether it is truly to abandon that goal. In other words, was the efficacy of the past strategy in question, or its fundamental legitimacy? (more…)
July 21, 2015
Photo: Bill Hackwell
Noam Chomsky said the U.S. was becoming increasingly isolated from Latin America. The U.S. was on the verge of being completely isolated from its own “backyard,” Latin America, during the 2015 Summit of the Americas. Internationally renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky told Mexican newspaper La Jornada Monday it was because Washington was becoming increasingly isolated from “their own backyard” of Latin America that the U.S. decided to normalize relations with Cuba. (more…)
By Arnold August on July 18, 2015
Embassies in Havana and Washington on July 20
The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US and the opening of embassies in Havana and Washington, DC is a victory for Cuba. Negotiations between the two countries had been taking place secretly for 18 months before being made public on December 17, 2014. (more…)
July 20, 2015
Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla delivered a speech at the ceremony to re-open the Cuban embassy in Washington DC this morning. (more…)
By Bruno Jäntti on July 15, 2015
The Israeli organization Breaking the Silence has, since its inception, enjoyed an aura of authority in Western political discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict. For those unfamiliar with the group, Breaking the Silence is, in its own words, “an organization of veteran combatants who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories.” (more…)
July 17, 2015
The 48th Summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) began today in this capital with the presence of the presidents of the member nations of this block and associated states. (more…)
July 17, 2015
LGBT activists celebrate in the streets of San Juan. | Photo: Twitter
Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced on Friday that the island, which is a U.S. commonwealth, will also follow the Supreme Court’s historical decision that brought same-sex marriage to all 50 states. (more…)
By Gareth Porter on July 15, 2015
Iranians celebrate the announcement that Iran had reached a nuclear deal with world powers in Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2015. Iran and a group of six nations led by the US said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. (more…)