By Daniel Kovalik on February 21, 2022
Sandino
Before Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, before Ho Chi Minh and before Mao began his Long March, there was Augusto Cesar Sandino.
While Sandino is not a household name in much of the world, as these others are, he was one of the most important and successful guerilla fighters of the 20th century, successfully driving the US Marines out of Nicaragua against nearly impossible odds. (more…)
By Giorgio Trucchi on February 17, 2022
former president arrested
Less than three weeks after leaving office, usurped for more than four years after his illegal and fraudulent re-election, former President Juan Orlando Hernandez was handcuffed and taken into custody to the barracks of the Honduran Special Forces. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on February 18, 2022
Petropolis Brazil
Weather phenomena has become daily news in all the world’s media. Heat waves, intense cold fronts, extreme droughts, devastating cyclones, and heavy rains have affected millions of people, generating economic and social chaos in the impacted regions. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on February 17, 2022
parachute brigade of Cordoba
The servility of some Latin American rulers before the White House has no limits, even when it comes to vile actions against the national sovereignty of their countries, against Latin-Caribbean unity, or others things which may cause bloodshed among their own peoples and those of the Patria Grande. (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez, Resumen Latinoamericano, February 15, 2022.
President Pedro Castillo
One cabinet after another seems to be the trend of the current Peruvian government, and meanwhile the right wing does not cease in its idea of removing Pedro Castillo. We talked about this unpredictable situation with journalist Roger Taboada, director of El Puka, one of the few leftist media in Peru. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on February 17, 2022 from Havana
Buena Fe
Cubans of my generation grew up listening to the songs of the musical duo Buena Fe and the first concerts I went to as a teenager were theirs. I know every album, every hit and all their lyrics. I watched with pride as their popularity took off in other countries since friends from other latitudes began to ask me about these singers of Catalejo, Tras tus pies, and Corazonero. (more…)
By Carlos Martinez on Feb 13, 2022
China President Xi Jinping meets with Fidel Castro, in July 2014.
The last few months have seen a significant expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although this region of the world is not the most obvious fit for an undertaking that was originally modeled on the Silk Road – a network of trade routes linking East Asia with the Middle East, Africa and Europe (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on February 15, 2022
photo: EFE via Folhapress
The political landscape in Peru is pretty complicated these days. The country has been living a political crisis for years due to the desire of a small minority to control the country both economically and politically. From 2016 until today, five people have occupied the presidential chair. (more…)