By Gustavo A Maranges on June 16, 2022
Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez, a hope for Colombia
Colombia’s Presidential Elections runoff is just hours away, while tensions and uncertainty are growing fast in the South American country. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 16, 2022, from Havana
photo: Irene Perez
Every third Sunday of June, Cuban families celebrate Father’s Day, a tradition we inherited from the United States in 1938. But this Sunday will be different. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on June 16, 2021
Workers Summit of the Americas, photo: Roger Harris
Valentín, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on June 16, 2022
general strike in Ecuador, photo: RTVE
The indefinite national strike against the savage neoliberal policies of President Guillermo Lasso called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) together with other social organizations entered its third day yesterday. (more…)
June 13, 2022
Julian Assange’s wife’s video, posted in May, about how the U.S. is seeking revenge against the WikiLeaks founder, has been viewed more than a million times on Twitter. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 14, 2022, from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
Today, Cuba remembers Ernesto Che Guevara on the 94th anniversary of his birth in Rosario, Argentina. Although he was born in distant lands, the Caribbean island considers him its son, (more…)
By José Luis Granados Ceja on June 10, 2022
People’s Summit ends with march of 2000 participants. photo: Bill Hackwell
The Summit of the Americas turned out to be a big embarrassment for Washington as several of the region’s leaders followed through on their commitment to skip the event over US President Joe Biden’s decision to exclude Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. (more…)
June 11, 2022
The relatives of the victims of Jeanine Áñez’s regime demand justice, Photo: Josue Cortez
The First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court of La Paz sentenced former de-facto Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez to 10 years in prison in the ‘Coup d’état II’ case on Friday, June 10. In the case, Áñez stood accused of crimes of acting against the constitution and illegally assuming the presidency of the country in November 2019, following a right-wing civic-military coup that overthrew democratically elected socialist President Evo Morales. (more…)