By Santiago Rosero on August 21, 2023
Photo: Waorani Indians march for a “Yes” vote in the referendum to protect the Yasuní. photo: Jose Jacome
While most of the focus was on the general elections in Ecuador, a national referendum was held on oil exploitation in the Amazon. In addition, in a regional referendum the inhabitants of Quito voted on mining. In both cases, the vote to stop exploitation triumphed. (more…)
By Yimel Díaz Malmierca on August 21, 2023
The sound of the very personal piano style of Cuban Dayramir Gonzalez Vicet will fill the Alvas Showroom in Los Angeles on August 27, at 4:00 pm. This is a unique show by the renowned performer, arranger and composer, who will be joined by other artists organized by the Los Angeles Hands Off Cuba Committee (LAHOC). (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on August 20, 2023
Ecuador’s Luisa Gonzalez top vote – getter in today’s election
Today 2 important elections took place in Latin America with the general elections in Ecuador and the presidential runoff in Guatemala. Two countries with no common border, but shared problems and inhabitants longing for solutions. Today they are defining their political future after a whirlwind of corruption, accusations, and an entrenched violence. (more…)
By René Tamayo and Alejandro Azcuy Domínguez on August 20, 2023
Cuban President arrives in Angola on an official visit. Photo: Alejandro Azcuy Domínguez
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, arrived in the Angolan capital around 2:00 pm this Sunday (local time), to carry out an official visit that will last until August 22. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on August 19, 2023
Gustavo Petro
The government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro has achieved in just one year advances in the political, economic and social fronts that the previous neoliberal regimes that preceded it could not obtain. (more…)
By Ociel Alí López on August 17, 2023
Controversial Javier Milei, the ultra-right-winger who won Argentina primaries.
With the latest political and social events that have taken place in Argentina, the world is wondering where the country once called the ‘breadbasket of the world’ is heading. (more…)
By Ollantay Itzamnaen on August 16, 2023
an indigenous person carries a landowner on his back.
Two neoliberal social-democratic political parties are vying for the presidency of Guatemala on this Sunday, August 20. Neither of them has a majority in the next Congress of the Republic. Both turn to Washington for political cleansing. (more…)
By Arthur Gonzalez on August 17, 2023
Like the virus the US blockade isolates. photo: Bill Hackwell
The United States tries to minimize its economic, commercial and financial war established against Cuba since 1959, and with its powerful propaganda machine to make the world and especially the Cuban people believe that the socialist system is the only one responsible for the difficulties and hardships it suffers, hiding the jumble of laws and sanctions applied against the Revolution. (more…)