By Vladimir Acosta on November 16, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
How can we avoid the subject of empire? How can we avoid talking about its threats? (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Marcos Maranges on November 16, 2021 from Havana
Cubans rally in support of their revolution on 15N. photo: Jose Manuel Correa
Cuba dawned yesterday full of images that we had missed seeing for a very long time. Thousands of children between five and nine years old returned to the classrooms in a feast of colors. Reporters on the island took the opportunity to immortalize this long-awaited day since COVID-19 forced the closure of the country’s schools to avoid contagions. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on November 13, 2021
Marching in support of the revolution, photo: Bill Hackwell
On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of “peaceful” marches on November 15 by a group called Archipiélago. The motivation for these marches was a call for change. (more…)
By Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba on November 12, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
On November 15, Cuba will reopen its borders, students will return to school; Havana, the capital of dignity, will await its 502nd anniversary, to celebrate as it has not been able to do in the last two years. National life will resume its course, with the greatest joy, but alert. (more…)
By Danny Glover and Arturo O’Farrill on November 12, 2021
photo: Ismael Francisco/ Cubadebate.
After successfully vaccinating 90% of its population with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Cuba has lifted its quarantine and is reopening the country to tourism. This is impressive for any country, let alone a small island nation that the U.S. has tried to permanently isolate from the world. (more…)
By Rene Vasquez Diaz on November 13, 2021
School in the Sierra Maestra, photo: Bill Hackwell
With the triumph of the Revolution, millions of humble Cubans discovered their own existence. And they learned to read and write. They built hospitals with free medical care, regardless of race or social or economic situation; even in the most remote areas of the mountains. And, for the first time in Cuba, immunizations were given against preventable diseases that had been killing people. (more…)
By Alfredo de Zayas on November 14, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
On November 15, social and economic life in Cuba returns to its rhythm. Airports open their runways, tourism is revived. (more…)
November 10, 2021.
photo: Ismael Francisco
Letter signed by hundreds of world leaders and personalities in solidarity with the Cuban people and government up against the full-fledged destabilization attempts planned for November 15. (more…)