Maduro: ‘Whoever Wins US Election Will Need To Dialogue with a Revolutionary Government In Venezuela’

By Jose Luis Granados Ceja on November 5, 2024

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during his weekly television program

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned that whatever the outcome of Tuesday’s US presidential election, Washington will have to directly negotiate with a “revolutionary government” in Caracas. (more…)

The Blockade on Cuba is a Failed Policy but still has Bipartisan Support, says Dr. José R. Cabañas

By Zoe Alexandra on November 4, 2024

photo: Bill Hackwell

As the people of the United States head to the polls, people across the world are left to wonder how a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris victory will impact their countries, given the global hegemon’s central role in geopolitics. This is especially true in the socialist Republic of Cuba, which for over 65 years, has faced a comprehensive economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the US government and maintained continuously by different Democratic and Republican administrations. (more…)

In the Home Stretch of an Electoral Spectacle

By Raul Antonio Capote on November 4, 2024 from Havana

Regardless of the electoral outcome, Cuba will remain a thorn in the side of those who really rule in the United States. (more…)

The Workers who Power up Cuba: Inside Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant

By Gloria La Riva from Matanzas, Cuba on November 4, 2024

Left to right, Dariel Torrens Aldama, electrical system; Luis Dueña Cordero, electrical system; Reinol Hernández Bejerano, head of control block; Jasel González, boiler control; standing, Javier Quiroz Pérez, head of plant operations. photo: Gloria La Riva.

“There is really a willingness, a true dedication of the workers. Every time we call them, the response is total. We have a consciousness that a problem cannot wait. It cannot wait. It is a matter of security that we must work day and night without stopping until we return the plant to power.” Ruben Campos Olmos, General Director of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant, spoke about electrical workers in his plant and across Cuba, who worked night and day to restore power to Cuba after the country was plunged into darkness recently. (more…)

China Backs Projects in 21 Latin American and Caribbean Countries

November 3, 2024

photo: PL

As part of the Silk Road and Belt initiative, the China Development Bank earmarked $160 billion in investment to finance more than 250 projects to promote economic and social development in Latin America. (more…)

Elections of Hope in Puerto Rico

By Berta Joubert-Ceci on November 3, 2024 from Puerto Rico

This first week of November, here in Puerto Rico, one can feel an atmosphere of both nervousness and profound hope for change. Next Tuesday, November 5th, general elections will be held, and everything indicates that it will be a historic process. (more…)

Buying and Selling and Other Campaign Pawns in the US Election

By Juana Carrasco Martín on November 2, 2024 from Havana

graphic: Ares

This Tuesday, November 5, it is to be decided who will take over the administration of the empire from the White House. The bidding reaches its climax, but not much will change in the general political lines. The main contenders are only two sides of the same coin. (more…)

Latin American Governments Pay a Price for Challenging Israel’s Genocidal War

By John Perry on November 2, 2024

Colombian President Gustavo Petro

Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and several of those which have done so suddenly face new threats, even including attempted coups. (more…)

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