By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on December 4, 2016
At 6:50 in the morning, the ashes of Fidel Castro enter the gate of the Cemetery of Santa Ifigenia. It is a splendid Sunday morning, unusually cool in this Caribbean city, as if the winds had been confabulated to receive the Commander in Chief over the land of Cuba. (more…)
By Eva Bartlett on November 29, 2016
Eastern Aleppo, Photo: Eva Bartlett
In early November, Fares Shehabi, a member of the Syrian parliament from Aleppo, organized a trip to Aleppo for 13 Western journalists, including myself, with security provided by forces in the Syrian Arab Army. (more…)
By Gabriel San Roman on November 28, 2016
While some cheered Fidel’s death in Miami millions of Cubans gave tribute to their heroic leader in the streets and rural roads of Cuba. Photo: Hector Planes
Cuban exiles greeted news of Fidel Castro’s death this weekend with jubilant celebrations from the streets of Miami to Echo Park. They danced on Castro’s grave, seeing him as nothing more than a brutal dictator forever more than a few bags shy of a ten million-ton sugar harvest. (more…)
November 26, 2016
President Rafael Correa will mark ten years in office on Jan. 15, 2017, having overseen the transformation of Ecuadorean politics and society. His successor will takeover from Correa after Feb. 19, 2017, when the nation’s general election takes place. (more…)
By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim on December 2, 2016
South American trade bloc Mercosur has officially suspended Venezuela Friday. In a letter delivered to Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez, the bloc said Caracas had been stripped of “the rights inhered to a member state as of this date”. (more…)
By Netfa Freeman on November 29, 2016
1960, Fidel and Malcolm X in Harlem
With less than a month left before the end of the Obama administration the barrage of Western, particularly U.S., “news” media desecrating the legacy of Fidel Castro should come as no surprise. El Comandante Fidel Castro transitioned on November 25th, at 10:29 p.m. (more…)
By Stephen Kimber on December 2, 2016
Havana, Fidel’s Memorial Photo: Ladyrene Perez
“Former U.S. President George W. Bush, who led his country into a disastrous war with Iraq on the basis of concocted evidence of weapons of mass destruction and who authorized the use of torture against foreign prisoners of war in violation of the Geneva Conventions and international law, died today…” (more…)
December 2, 2016
Photo: Bill Hackwell
A delegation of doctors trained at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba announced they will head to Standing Rock to “serve in solidarity.” (more…)