By Gustavo A Maranges on January 31, 2023
photo: Bill Hackwell
Today, the high and growing food prices are one of the most worrying issues in the world from families to nations. If 10 years ago, hunger and malnutrition were issues of concern to the international community, today, they are way more urgent than ever before since. They have grown to the point that they are no longer limited to underdeveloped countries, but have also spread to the first world. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 31, 2023
In the 2000s, a vulture fund succeeded in driving Argentina out of the international markets, preventing it from accessing them for 12 years. The case transcended as Argentina versus Elliott Management Corporation, a group of investors that won a lawsuit against Buenos Aires in 2002 and, in 2012, even seized the Libertad frigate, the flagship of the Argentine Navy. (more…)
January 30, 2023
photo: Bill Hackwell
When many thought that the bitter lessons of the pandemic would lead political leaders to try to build a more caring, inclusive and generous world, exactly the opposite has happened. Perhaps there is truth in the rumor that this attitude is due to their aim of reducing the world’s population by 25%. (more…)
By Micaela Ovelar on January 30, 2023
Presidents and Ministers of Economy from Brazil and Argentina (Buenos Aires, 01/23/23)
Lula da Silva decided to make his first official international visit, since he assumed the presidency of Brazil for the third time, to Argentina, thus affirming the strategic relationship between the two largest economies of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). (more…)
January 28, 2023
New York City, photo: PSL
On Friday, January 27, authorities in Memphis, Tennessee, released several recordings showing the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black US citizen who died three days after several officers beat him over a traffic infraction on January 7. (more…)
By Juan Guaján, Resumen Latinoamericano on January 28, 2023.
In these days, the Peruvian brothers and sisters are leading important demonstrations. It is a transition between the power of those who identify themselves with the culture of the conquistadors and who still continue to govern, and those who symbolize a new model capable of giving their place to the identity and culture of the descendants of the original peoples. (more…)
By Yaimi Ravelo on January 28, 2023 from Havana
My country is not for sale. All photos by: Yaimi Ravelo
“If Homeland is Humanity, Cuba is the Homeland of Solidarity”; that is the spirit that filled the V International Conference for the Balance of the World since its inauguration last Tuesday, January 24 at the Convention Palace in Havana. (more…)
By Víctor Villalba Gutiérrez on January 28, 2023 in Havana
Steps of the University of Havana. all photos Víctor Villalba Gutiérrez
Every January 27 Cuba’s apostle Jose Marti is reborn on the steps of the University of Havana by the noble act of young Cubans who then march with lighted torches as a symbol of the transcendence of his thought. (more…)