By Alejandra Garcia on July 23, 2024 from Havana
The Martyrs of the Moncada, photos: Bill Hackwell
The countdown begun for July 26, our National Rebellion Day, and this year the eyes of the people will be on Sancti Spiritus, the main venue of the celebrations. Cuba will mark 71 years of one of the most heroic events in the long history of struggle of this small island nation. On that day, in 1953, a group of young men led by Fidel Castro, attempted to storm the Moncada Barracks, Cuba’s second-largest military fortress. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 18, 2024, from Havana
Women make up over 55% of Cuba’s National Assembly, photo: Estudios Revolución
The presence of Cuban women in the country’s political life is crucial, and is evidenced in each session of the National Assembly of People’s Power. The recent legislature, formed last year, is composed of 166 women, representing 55.74 percent. (more…)
Por Alejandra García y Bill Hackwell el 14 de julio de 2024
El expresidente Donald Trump fue herido de bala y leve durante un mitin ayer en Pensilvania. Las imágenes de esos segundos de caos han dado la vuelta al mundo, con fotos del rostro ensangrentado del expresidente, herido en la oreja derecha; dos centímetros a la izquierda y este sería un artículo diferente. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 14, 2024
Former President Donald Trump was shot and slightly wounded during a rally yesterday in Pennsylvania. The images of those seconds of chaos have circled the globe, with photos of the bloodied face of the former president, who was wounded in his right ear; two inches to the left and this would be a different article. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia, on July 9, 2024 in Havana
Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) photo: Bill Hackwell
This week it was reported that Cuba thwarted the attempts of a network of Cubans living in the United States who were trying to enter the island illegally with weapons, and with the purpose of starting a social outbreak. The Ministry of the Interior (Minint) disclosed details of a recruitment plan, neutralized in December 2023, directed, from U.S. territory, to promote and organize terrorist actions in Cuba. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 30, 2024 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
More than half a century of blockade against the island and the economic crisis it brings as a consequence -which is worsening with successive White House administrations no matter if they are Democrat or Republican – the main reasons why Cubans emigrate, according to common knowledge here and confirmed by experts. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 23, 2024 from Havana
The International Court of Justice (IJC)
On Friday, the Cuban government announced that it will join Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Maldives, Egypt, Ireland, Belgium, Turkey, Mexico, Chile and Spain as countries formally joining the lawsuit filed by South Africa before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on June 20, 2024
The future is already here: the worst droughts in 50 years in the southern Amazon and record hurricanes and floods in Central America and the Caribbean are the new reality of Latin America. (more…)