By Sheyla Delgado on October 8, 2015
The Cuban government’s efforts in terms of food security and the design of public policies for social protection were recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (more…)
By Alberto Núñez Betancourt on October 2, 2015
An image of the Five anti-terrorist Cuban heroes after their triumphant return to Cuba appears on the cover of Tricontinental issue No. 181 in its first digital version that was presented this past Wednesday at the meeting hall of the José Martí Tribunal in Havana. (more…)
October 4, 2015
Photo: Telesur
The call to investigate was prompted by revelations from cables recently leaked by WikiLeaks.
Bolivia is calling for investigations into cables leaked by WikiLeaks that reveal the U.S. had plans in 2008 to either topple the government of Evo Morales, or allow his assassination. (more…)
October 3, 2015
A court made up of prestigious human rights activists in Argentina held a trial in Buenos Aires that concluded with a symbolic ruling condemning Spain for its colonial and repressive policies in Latin America and in the Basque Country. (more…)
September 30, 2015
Photo: Estudio Revolución
The meeting took place in the context of the 70th period of sessions of the UN General Assembly.
The President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, Raúl Castro Ruz, held a meeting on Tuesday, September 29, with the President of the United States, Barack Obama, in the context of the 70th period of sessions of the UN General Assembly. (more…)
October 3, 2015
The Cuban Five visiting Lago Agrio, the site of a massive oil disaster in Ecuador’s Amazon. | Photo: Andes
The Cuban Five have expressed solidarity with Ecuadorean plaintiffs locked in a legal battle with oil giant Chevron.
A group of Cuban national heroes condemned Chevron Friday while visiting the site of an environmental disaster in the Ecuadorean Amazon. (more…)
By Glen Ford on September 30, 2105
Carrying on a tradition begun by Fidel Castro in 1960, Venezuelan leader Maduro came to Harlem, this week, for the opening of the UN General Assembly. When he spoke of U.S. terror in the world, the crowd cheered. But will they break with a Democratic Party and president that, along with the Republicans, are “the birthmothers of al Qaida and the midwives of the Islamic State?” Sometimes, solidarity is even less than skin deep. (more…)
By Abby Zimet on September 29, 2015
Talk about your long arc: Over 60 years late, New York City officials, supporters and her surviving family gathered this week to “begin to right the wrong of what happened to Ethel Rosenberg,” declaring her “an innocent woman (who) was unjustly executed” after a flawed trial that became the most shameful symbol of political repression in the cold war era. (more…)