On October 31, 2022
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party of Brazil addressed supporters in São Paulo after his victory was confirmed on October 30. In the speech, Lula defined the priorities of his future government, called on the Brazilian people to overcome divisions, and rebuild the country around a clear priority: the arduous struggle against economic and social misery. (more…)
La Jornada Editorial on November 1, 2022
Bolivian Labor Union stand against the right wing strike. photo: Patria Digital
The strike that yesterday completed its 10th day in the province of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, brings with it inevitable echoes of the coup d’état that three years ago deposed former president Evo Morales and installed an ephemeral de facto government headed by the now imprisoned Jeanine Áñez. (more…)
By José Antonio Aponte, Declaration of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC ) on October 31, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
UNEAC, made up of writers, artists and researchers from all over the country, has issued a statement after a group of young people in the province of Holguin, while celebrating the Halloween holiday (alien to our cultural identity), went out dressed in Ku Klux Klan hoods, asking: where are the blacks? (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on October 30, 2022
President Lula da Silva
Just a few minutes ago, Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced Lula da Silva’s victory by over 2 million votes or 1.5%. Undoubtedly it was a tight race with many obstacles for the progressive candidate, but in the end, the people’s will to leave behind 4 years of a disastrous government prevailed. (more…)
October 30, 2022
NYC photo: Erin Feely Nahem
Large demonstrations on the east and west coasts of the US took place yesterday calling for the end of the Blockade of Cuba as the annual vote in the General Assembly of the UN approaches this week. (more…)
By Susana Besteiro Fornet on October 27, 2022
opening of La Gota de Aqua at the Chaplin Theater in Havana
How much desolation can be contained in a mother’s tears? All that is caused by the impotence of knowing her daughter is sick. How much hope is there in the smile of a child? Absolutely all of it. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on October 26, 2022
So Com commander Laura Richardson meeting with Colombia President Gustavo Petro
NATO recently expanded to Sweden and Finland, has been de facto incorporated in Ukraine, and may extend to Georgia. Now, NATO’s entry into the Amazon is in the works under the aegis of newly elected President Gustavo Petro of Colombia. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on October 27, 2022
photo: Cuba Minrex
The XXIII Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the III Meeting between the regional bloc and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU) took place this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (more…)