By Ociel Alí López on September 22, 2023
photo: Teri Matson
The shift to the left that is currently taking place in Latin American governments could be felt in the presidential speeches at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN), which is being held this week. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcón on September 22, 2023
graphic: Al Mayadeen
They offered us a prosperous and equitable world and gave us an atrocious neoliberalism and rampant inequality. They announced the end of History and filled us with nuclear weapons in case it was necessary. They promised us development goals for 2030 and have taken us back to the levels of 10 years ago in the number of hungry and malnourished people. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 22, 2023 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
In a burst of nostalgia, the Czech poet Rainer Maria Rilke said that a man’s true homeland can be found in his childhood, in those first memories linked to smells, tastes, and landscapes, where pain does not exist. But Havana proves otherwise. Even if the childhood of those who travel through the city is not tied to its streets, it is impossible for them not to feel it as their own. (more…)
September 19, 2023
photo: BSM
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, On Tuesday four men armed with assault rifles entered the house of the leader of the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (Ofraneh), Miriam Miranda. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on September 20, 2023
The world is in turmoil. As the Western powers and their economic policies continue to tear apart the global whole, the countries of the South have united to demand justice. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on September 20, 2023
photo: Contrainformación.
Who could think that in the 21st century, in the United States, the richest country on the planet, there would be over nine million children living in poverty, while 975 Americans are billionaires with a combined capital of 4.45 trillion dollars. (more…)
By Deisy Francis Mexidor on September 19, 2023 from New York City
photo: Deisy Francis Mexidor
“We have come to honor Malcolm X and, with him, to pay tribute to our African-American brothers and sisters, to the people of the United States, to those who fight for justice, against exploitation and segregation. To all those who believe, like Malcolm, that a better world is possible.” (more…)
September 19, 2023 at the United Nations
Díaz-Canel at the General Assembly, September 19, 2023: “There is not a single measure or action by Cuba to harm the United States, or its economic sector, or its social fabric.” Photo: UN.
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said that “a new and fairer global contract is urgently needed”. He spoke on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, an organization of which Cuba holds the pro tempore presidency in 2023. (more…)