The Cuban Five Victory: Reflections Ten Years Later

By Diana Block on December 27, 2024

Ramón, Rene, Gerardo, Antonio, Fernando and member of La Colmenita, Dec. 17, 2024. Photo: Alejandro Azcuy Dominguez.

I can remember clearly the rush of joy I felt when I heard the almost unbelievable news that the last three members of the Cuban 5, Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, and Ramón Labañino, had landed in Havana on December 17th, 2014 after sixteen years of unjust incarceration in U.S. prisons. (The other two members of the Five, Fernando González, and René González, had been released previously at the end of their prison terms.) (more…)

Venezuela Ensures its People’s Joy Amidst Christmas Festivities

By Alejandra Garcia on December 26, 2024

The Venezuelan government has given away 14 million toys to children for the Christmas holidays

The nights in Venezuela are a spectacle of red, green and yellow lights. The cities are decorated and embellished since October 1st, date on which the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced the early arrival of Christmas to “give joy to the Venezuelan people,” after the violence unleashed by the ultra-right following the election results of August 28, which gave the victory to the Bolivarian leader. (more…)

A Black Friday Offer? Trump Wants to Buy Greenland

December 24, 2024.

Greenland ‘s Prime Minister Mute Egede responded Monday to the provocations of Donald Trump, who said that “control” of the Danish island – home to mineral and oil reserves – is “an absolute necessity” for the United States. “Greenland is ours. We are not, and never will be, for sale. We will not long struggle for freedom” Egede stated in a statement. (more…)

Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba Support Panama in the Face of Trump’s Threats

Interventionist statements by President-elect Donald Trump, who suggested that the United States could reclaim control of the Panama Canal, have generated international reactions, with various countries expressing their support for Panamanian sovereignty in multiple pronouncements. (more…)

Venezuela: Maduro, One More Year of Dismantling Lies

By Geraldina Colotti, on  December 26, 2024.

There is a calendar of the peoples and one from those who oppress them, elaborated on the basis of the irreconcilable interests that drives the class struggle, and are confusing only in those countries where the bourgeoisie won the game in the 20th century, managing to impose the “truth” of the victors: but only “for now”, as Comandante Chávez said, when he delivered a promise with that phrase. (more…)

Cuba is Ready for a Respectful Relationship with the U.S

December 18, 2024

Carlos de Cossio

Cuba is willing to sit down with the United States in search of a serious relationship, based on respect for sovereignty, self-determination and non-interference in internal affairs, official sources said today. (more…)

ALBA Bloc Defends Peace, Sovereignty, and Palestine at XXIV Summit

Regional leaders gather for the XXIV Summit of Heads of State and Government in Caracas, Venezuela.

The official communiqué reaffirmed the member states’ commitment to Latin American and Caribbean integration, solidarity, and peace. (more…)

The Thaw that Never Was

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on December 19, 2024

The reopening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC on July 20, 2015, photo: Bill Hackwell

Of the thaw in relations between Cuba and the United States, which entered its tenth anniversary this December 17, only the embassies in both countries, a handful of bilateral agreements and meetings and access from the island to Netflix and Arbnb have survived. In other words, almost nothing. (more…)

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