November 7, 2024
News coming out of Cuba is spotty this morning as the second hurricane in a week has pounded the island, once again knocking out the compromised national electric grid of the blockaded country.
Ed Newman from Radio Havana Cuba has reported that Hurricane Rafael, which followed a trajectory that passed between Pinar del Rio and Artemisa in the western part of the country, left the island last night at 8pm leaving behind significant damage but at this time there are no reports of any deaths. (more…)
By Jose Luis Granados Ceja on November 5, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during his weekly television program
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned that whatever the outcome of Tuesday’s US presidential election, Washington will have to directly negotiate with a “revolutionary government” in Caracas. (more…)
By Raul Antonio Capote on November 4, 2024 from Havana
Regardless of the electoral outcome, Cuba will remain a thorn in the side of those who really rule in the United States. (more…)
By Gloria La Riva from Matanzas, Cuba on November 4, 2024
Left to right, Dariel Torrens Aldama, electrical system; Luis Dueña Cordero, electrical system; Reinol Hernández Bejerano, head of control block; Jasel González, boiler control; standing, Javier Quiroz Pérez, head of plant operations. photo: Gloria La Riva.
“There is really a willingness, a true dedication of the workers. Every time we call them, the response is total. We have a consciousness that a problem cannot wait. It cannot wait. It is a matter of security that we must work day and night without stopping until we return the plant to power.” Ruben Campos Olmos, General Director of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant, spoke about electrical workers in his plant and across Cuba, who worked night and day to restore power to Cuba after the country was plunged into darkness recently. (more…)
November 3, 2024
photo: PL
As part of the Silk Road and Belt initiative, the China Development Bank earmarked $160 billion in investment to finance more than 250 projects to promote economic and social development in Latin America. (more…)
By Berta Joubert-Ceci on November 3, 2024 from Puerto Rico
This first week of November, here in Puerto Rico, one can feel an atmosphere of both nervousness and profound hope for change. Next Tuesday, November 5th, general elections will be held, and everything indicates that it will be a historic process. (more…)
By Juana Carrasco Martín on November 2, 2024 from Havana
graphic: Ares
This Tuesday, November 5, it is to be decided who will take over the administration of the empire from the White House. The bidding reaches its climax, but not much will change in the general political lines. The main contenders are only two sides of the same coin. (more…)
By John Perry on November 2, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
Governments in Latin America have been at the forefront of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and several of those which have done so suddenly face new threats, even including attempted coups. (more…)