By Gustavo A Maranges on September 22, 2022
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
The 77th high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began on September 13 and so far 16 Latin America countries have spoken, and the differences in the tone and topics of the speeches reflects the complex political situation in the region. (more…)
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriquez Parrilla
Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the General Debate of the High-Level Segment of the United Nations General Assembly. New York, September 21, 2022. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on September 22, 2022
Humanity is Diversity. photo: Bill Hackwell
On September 25, the Cuban people will be voting in the referendum for the approval or rejection of the Code of Families. The new legal instrument will codify a set of very advanced rights for which Cuban society and the State have been fighting and will convert into legal text new realities arising from a much more diverse population. The new order creates institutions radically opposed to patriarchal and homophobic conceptions and practices on the organization of the family and society. (more…)
September 21, 2022
Colombian Representatives stand with Cuba, photo: PL
A group of more than 80 Colombian congressional representatives will file a letter addressed to their counterparts in the United States to remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, as confirmed by Senator Gloria Flórez. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 20, 2022
Cristina Fernandez
Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, a few days away from surviving death by good fortune, is fighting with all her strength against a fictitious corruption case conceived and built by the ultra-right wing of her country. Hatred, political persecution, and injustice took her to court this week, where she has been victorious so far. (more…)
Katu Arkonada on September 19, 2022
After 40 years of neoliberal order, the crisis of the world-system and of the capitalist mode of production is deepening. (more…)
By Juan J. Arroyo on September 18, 2022
Bad Bunny, photo: Rolling Stone
Exactly 5 years ago Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico leaving a good portion of the population without power or water for months while exposing the colonial status of this proud island. From Trump tossing a few rolls of paper towels as a graphic symbol of just how much aid would get to the people to today when conditions have not improved for the people under Biden. Now Puerto Rico face an equally powerful Hurricane Fiona that has slammed into the island and once again the people are flooded and in the dark relying on a dysfunctional price gouging power company called Luma. Here we run an article with powerful voices calling for Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans! Check out this you tube https://youtu.be/1TCX_Aqzoo4 (more…)
September 19, 2022
San Francisco, photo: Bill Hackwell
Today member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, urged the U.S. Government to solve its human rights problems, instead of spending millions of taxpayers’ dollars on misinformation about the situation of children in Cuba. (more…)