By Gustavo Espinoza Montesinos on December 8, 2022.
VP Dina Boluarte is sworn in as president
This Wednesday was a particularly complicated day in Peru. In a few hours the ultra-right partially achieved its goal: to overthrow the government of Pedro Castillo (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on December 6, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
Cuba is a mosaic of religious expressions. Although it is a mostly secular country, there is a mixture of multiple beliefs, inherited from the first inhabitants of the island, the indigenous, then, from the centuries of colonization, from African ancestors, and from Haitian, Arab, Chinese, and other migrants. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on December 6, 2022, from Havana
Cuban President Díaz-Canel is received at the Barbados Airport by Prime Minister Mía Amor Mottley. photo: Alejandro Azcuy.
Usually, when we talk about international summits, the only thing we think about is G-7, G-20, NATO, BRICS, ASEAN, and some others, but we seldom think about the ones led by small states. (more…)
December 6, 2022
CFK, photo: Pagina 12
The vice-president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), has been sentenced to six years in prison and permanently disqualified from holding public office. (more…)
By Tamanisha John on November 23, 2022
The Clintons at opening of garment factory in Haiti on October 22, 2012 (Photo: Getty Pool)
If Haiti is “the poorest country in the hemisphere” it is because imperialist policies continue to impoverish and destabilize that nation. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on December 4, 2022, from Havana
Cuba’s Congress, photo: pixabay
Last December 1st, a new Criminal Code came into force in Cuba. The updating process began almost four years ago. This new legal body is an updated version and much more adjusted to the Cuban reality than its predecessor. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on December 4, 2022, from Havana
Cuba is once again at the center of Washington’s hostilities. Last week, it was news that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) suggested rejecting the installation of an undersea telecommunications cable connecting the two countries, which would help facilitate internet access for Cubans. The justification: The White House fears that this deployment would endanger the national security of the North American country. (more…)
By Lizeth Suesca Lizsariza on December 3, 2022
President Gustavo Petro
During the Dialogue with Presidents of Community Action Boards in Pasto, in the southern department of Nariño, President Gustavo Petro assured that in Colombia the right to protest must be re-dignified as it is a democratic right. (more…)