By Luis Britto Garcia on January 22, 2025
Laura Richardson and the US Southern Command
The battles of Latin America and the Caribbean for independence and sovereignty were bloody. According to the estimation of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, they cost more than a third of the population. (more…)
photo: Bill Hackwell
Declaration of the Revolutionary Government on January 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out against Cuba from day one and without any pretext. The decision to reestablish the iron economic war measures against Cuba, which his predecessor eliminated only days before, is a demonstration of the aggressiveness of U.S. imperialism against the sovereignty, peace and welfare of the Cuban population. (more…)
By Caitlin Johnstone on Jan 21, 2025
photo: Caitlin Johnstone
During his inaugural address, the new president of the United States was refreshingly open about the fact that Washington is the hub of a continuously expanding empire which is ruled by billionaire plutocrats. (more…)
January 21, 2025 from Havana
photo: Yaimi Ravelo
The International Committee Peace, Justice and Dignity, sends a call to stand up with Cuba and repudiate with all forces the perverse inclusion of the current tenant of the White House Donald Trump, who on the very day of assuming his mandate, in just hours later, with the despotic arrogance that characterizes him, revoked the presidential order of the Biden administration which was recognized, only six days ago, (more…)
January 20, 2025
After a half-century of unjust incarceration, Leonard Peltier is finally going home!
“It’s finally over–I’m going home,” said Peltier in response to the news. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.” (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcon on January 20, 2025 from Havana
“As you move up the wealth/income ladder, you get a little more influence on policy. When you get to the top, which is maybe a tenth of one percent, people essentially get what they want, which is to say they determine policy. So the proper term for that is not democracy; it’s plutocracy.”
Noam Chomsky in Bonn, Germany, at the DW Global Media Forum, August 15, 2013. (more…)
By Elizabeth Naranjo on January 18, 2024
there was a drastic drop in tourism after the SSOT was applied to Cuba. photo: Juan Pablo Carreras
“It could be said that the list has been laid bare as a political instrument of certain U.S. groups, whose fundamental interest is to disable the Cuban government and impose a cost to the interest, of the international community and the vast majority of the United States, (more…)
January 17, 2025
photo: Bill Hackwell
On Thursday, ministers, deputy ministers, and heads of delegations from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries met in Mexico City to develop a joint strategy in response to the threats of mass deportations by Donald Trump. (more…)