By Alejandra Garcia on September 28, 2021, from Havana
protest in San Francisco against the racist deportations of Haitians, photo: Bill Hackwell
I have fresh in my mind those images of those guards on horseback chasing Haitians with whips at the southern border of the United States just like in the days of slavery. (more…)
By José Manzaneda on September 27, 2021
Police attack protest against police brutality in Walnut Creek California, photo Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group
The European Parliament has approved condemnation of Cuba for the “extreme violence and repression against peaceful demonstrators” in the protests that took place in July. (more…)
By Pasqualina Curcio on September 27, 2021
In two months 241 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines will expire, not counting the 34 million that have already expired and were discarded in the USA. These 241 million are part of the 1.2 billion doses left over in the US, Canada, UK, Japan and the European Union, which are also about to expire (more…)
September 24, 2021
Bolivian President Luis Arce, photo: UN
The President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, denounced, before the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), in New York, United States, the coup of November 2019 by the opposition right wing with the support of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), (more…)
September 23, 2021
“They are killing us”. Photo: Colombia Informa
The systematic assassination of social leaders and human rights defenders in Colombia continues unceasingly at a horrifying rate. On average, everyday, at least one violent incident and more than one death is recorded in the South American country. (more…)
By Yisel González Fuentes on September 26, 2021
Photo: Ariel Cecilio Lemus
A tweet from the Finlay Vaccine Institute brought attention to the fact that “The New York Times recognizes #Cuba as the only country in the world to vaccinate children as young as 2 years old against #COVID19. (more…)
September 23, 2021
Magali Llort Ruiz, photo: Bill Hackwell
This morning the beloved Magali Llort Ruiz passed away; a Cuban and exemplary revolutionary who was instrumental in one of the longest, most courageous battles of the Cuban Revolution, fighting for the freedom of her son Fernando Gonzalez Llort and his four comrades (more…)
By Jemima Pierre on September 22, 2021
Protest for Haiti in San Francisco, photo: Bill Hackwell
The spectacle of violence against Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border needs to be seen in light of ongoing U.S. imperialism in Haiti. (more…)