By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein
Cordoba, statue to the 650 Argentine troops killed in the Malvinas War. photo: Bill Hackwell
In 1982 I was in Nicaragua. It was the first years of the Sandinista revolution and I was working in the Army. One day in April, someone whose name I unfortunately could not remember asked me if I was willing to go to the Malvinas to fight alongside the Argentine people in the struggle to recover the islands from British colonial rule. (more…)
By David Brooks on March 28, 2022
Madeleine Albright, “the cost was worth it”
Joe Biden promised that “America is back”, and well, we must recognize that promises have been kept: the United States is back, and back, and back again. (more…)
By Ramzy Baroud on March 24, 2022
How the tables have turned. A high-level US delegation visited Venezuela on March 5, hoping to repair economic ties with Caracas. Venezuela, one of the world’s poorest countries partly due to US-Western sanctions is, for once, in the driving seat, capable of alleviating an impending US energy crisis if dialogue with Washington continues to move forward. (more…)
By Tanya Wadhwa on March 28, 2022
tens of thousands march in Buenos Aires in memory of the coup. Photo: @dicoluciano
On March 24, on the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, after a pause of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country to pay homage to the victims of the last military dictatorship. (more…)
By Atilio Boron on March 28, 2022
creation of NATO
Before being elected President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first NATO Commander. In February 1951, a few months after taking office he wrote the following text: “If in 10 years all the American troops stationed in Europe for the purpose of securing national defense have not returned to the United States, then this project, NATO, will have failed.” (more…)
By Maribel Acosta Damas on March 28, 2022
Tarara, children of Chernobyl. Photo Liborio Noval
By way of introduction…
One day in 2011, Peruvian visual artist Sonia Cunliffe visited the beach resort of Tarará. She noticed bald children bathing on the beach. She asked who they were and they answered her: the Chernobyl children. She was shocked, but at that time she knew nothing more. Then in 2015, by chance we met and she asked me if I knew about that story. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 27, 2022
Miami caravan against the blockade
The world is living in uncertain times. The Western powers, led by the United States, insist on escalating tensions in Eastern Europe over an regional conflict that should have nothing to do with them. Unbridled hatred is spreading through social networks as never before, towards Russia, Russians, and anyone who is not on Washington’s side in defending its “world order”. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on March 27, 2022
unions march against IMF loan in Buenos Aires, photo: Bill Hackwell
Sometimes we make decisions only thinking about the immediate situation while forgetting the repercussions they may have in the next 5 or 10 years. We think that it will all just work itself out. We tend to be optimistic at best, but the reality is that we are inconsistent. (more…)