July 5, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, made an interesting comment on July 4, calling for the Statue of Liberty to be taken down if Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is not acquitted of all charges by the United States. (more…)
By Carlos Noriega on July 4, 2022
Pedro Castillo
The crisis in Pedro Castillo’s government is worsening. Less than a month before the rural teacher and trade unionist who came to power as candidate of the left completes his first year in the presidency, the right wing, which from the first day of the government has bet on the coup, accelerates its plans to remove him from office and assault the power from the Congress it controls. (more…)
By Javier Tolcachier on July 3, 2022
photo: Ana Gabriela Soria Morales
After 18 days of mobilizations throughout Ecuador, which had their final epicenter in Quito, the indigenous organizations signed an agreement with the national government, bringing to an end what they called the “first stage” of the strike. (more…)
Edited by Jorge Ruiz Miyares on June 25, 2022
Dr. Yamila González Ferrer
At the 22nd Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) held this past Thursday, Cuban candidate Dr. Yamila González Ferrer was elected by 143 votes as a member of the instrument’s Supervisory Committee for a three-year term. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcón on July 3, 2022
It is a dilemma for Cubans to make ends meet. Wages are not enough to face the very high prices that the lack of offers, real inflation and speculation bequeath to us. (more…)
By Daniel Kovalik on Jun 28, 2022
all the land of the US was stolen, photo: Bill Hackwell
On June 23, 2022, an organization funded by the US Congress, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe – also known as the Helsinki Commission – held a virtual conference calling for the “decolonizing of Russia.”
This begs the question of why they are not seeking the decolonization of the United States. (more…)
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee, on June 30, 2022
mass protest by garment workers in Port au Prince in February wins 54% wage increase.
On May 20th, The New York Times published a meticulously documented series entitled, “The Ransom,” detailing the devastating impact of the so-called “Independence Tax” enforced by France in 1825 on the world’s first Black republic. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 30, 2022 from Havana
Cuban President Diaz Canel visits power plant in Mayabeque province
Since early 2021, Cuba has been suffering more frequent blackouts amid government efforts to repair the country’s thermoelectric power plants. Power cuts typically last three, four, and up to eight hours and the worst may not be over as we are entering the hottest time of the year when energy demands are at their highest. (more…)