By Gilberto López y Rivas on January 10, 2022
photo: Raul Corrales
On January 1, 1959, the bearded men led by Fidel Castro entered Havana, whose inhabitants poured into the streets beaming with jubilation for the triumph of the revolution and the flight of dictator Fulgencio Batista. (more…)
By Gustavo A. Maranges on January 9, 2022
Protest for the freedom of political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal in the US. photo: Bill Hackwell
In recent days, we have witnessed an avalanche of accusations by United States government officials against Cuba for allegedly holding over 600 political prisoners after the protests on July 11. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 9, 2022
photo:Telem
Friday Argentine president, Alberto Fernández, assumed the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for 2022. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on January 6, 2022
No one doubts that Mark Zuckerberg is making great efforts to reinvent his monopoly. Besieged for years for speculating with Facebook users’ data, (more…)
By Chris Devonshire-Ellis on January 7, 2022
Sometimes, you just have to be patient. Cuba, the Caribbean nation long a thorn in the side of the United States since Fidel Castro took control of the island against U.S. wishes, has managed to get around crippling U.S. sanctions that have rendered the islands economy backwards for over 50 years by signing reconstruction deals with China as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. (more…)
January 6, 2022
For the Haitian people, 2021 ends with a rise in cost of living and including basic necessities, fuel shortages, and lack of access to drinking water. The Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics announced at the end of December that the cost of living was 24.6% higher than in November, and could worsen given the rise in oil prices and the ongoing fuel crisis. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 6, 2022 from Havana
photo: Ismael Francisco
COVID-19 cases are on a concerning rise again on the Caribbean island. We started the year with about 500 cases per day, but in the last 24 hours, more than 1,000 new infections have been registered. The reason is the same as in other countries of the world including in the US where there have been over a million new cases recorded in each of the past few days. (more…)
January 5, 2022
The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, in a statement published Wednesday on its Twitter account, has expressed its vehement rejection of the U.S. decision to endorse the extension for one more year, starting January 5, (more…)