May 16, 2023
fans enjoying popular Cuban music duo Buena Fe
“With sadness we announce that the concerts in Salamanca and Zamora have been suspended. Under the pretext of defending democracy, fascist harassment and threats have been unleashed against the owners of the venues and that has been more powerful than the songs. (more…)
By Darío Machado Rodríguez on May 16, 2023
That the history of the United States of America can be told by the common thread of violence is something few dispute. This characteristic of U.S. society is a constant threat to the country’s own citizens, but it also spills over its borders and is expressed in its foreign policy. Financing for violence, arms shipments, covert troops, open wars, unilateral sanctions, have made this a more insecure world in the name of U.S. national security. (more…)
May 16, 2023
San Francisco, photo: Bill Hackwell
Demonstrations around the globe were held these past few days in solidarity with the courageous Palestinian people on the 75th anniversary of Naqba, or the catastrophe of 1948. The result of the Zionist ethnic cleansing meant the death or displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians. (more…)
May 14, 2023
Cubans march against homophobia and transphobia and celebrate legalisation of same-sex marriage. photo: Yamil Lage / AFP
Around 200 Cubans marched in Havana on Saturday to the rhythm of conga, a popular dance, protesting against homophobia and transphobia, and celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage. Chanting “socialism yes, homophobia no”, demonstrators swayed their hips and beat rhythmically on drums as they cheered the ‘Family Code’, passed last September. (more…)
May 12, 2023
The protest of a few dozen people in Caimanera, Cuba, over power outages and lack of food, has restored hope to those who dream of the fall of the Cuban Revolution. But let’s review the media keys to the events. (more…)
May 12, 2023
photo: AFP
Yesterday a minute before midnight, Eastern Time in the United States, Title 42 was suspended and replaced by decree 8, which is even more drastic, since its sanctions indicate that any person who tries to enter without a visa will be banned from doing so for five years, by any means. (more…)
May 12, 2023
Peoples Summit in Los Angeles, June 2022, photo: midia ninja
A group of congressional Democrats in the United States have penned a letter to President Biden, urging him to lift sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela. As the letter argues, “Experts widely agree that broad-based US sanctions—expanded to an unprecedented level by your predecessor—are a leading contributing factor in the current surge in migration.” The representatives write to Biden, “We urge you to act swiftly to lift the failed and indiscriminate economic sanctions that were imposed by the prior administration.” (more…)
By Andreína Chávez Alava on May 11, 2023
This past week, while the rest of the world looked elsewhere, one of the biggest thefts committed against any country in recent history took place. In one fell swoop, the Biden government green lighted the plunder of several Venezuelan assets: US-based oil subsidiary CITGO, millions of dollars held in US bank accounts and a state-owned aircraft. (more…)