By Adalberto Santana on September 15, 2021
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, foto: México Desconocido
September 15, 2021 is a very significant date for several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the case of Mexico, it celebrates the famous cry for independence that the father of the nation, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made in 1810. (more…)
By Pasqualina Curcio on September 13, 2021
art by Banksy
If the world is in recession as a consequence of the pandemic, that is, in 2020 3.5% less was produced compared to 2019 (the cake is smaller) but despite this, the rich became richer, then, without throwing many numbers around we can deduce that, the poor became poorer, which should not surprise us, (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 14, 2021 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
Last week, the government of the Caribbean island announced the country will be ready to reopen its borders on November 15 when it is expected that over 90 percent of the Cuban population will be vaccinated against the COVID-19. (more…)
By Brenda Murillo on September 14, 2021
In recent months, there has been an increasing rise in the prominence and visibility of agitations in the media by the relatively obscure Republican congressman for the 25th District of Florida, Mario Díaz-Balart, the supposedly presentable face and representative of the anti-Cuban mafia in the United States Congress (more…)
By John Perry on September 9, 2021
Advances in health care such as new hospitals and Covid-19 vaccinations keep great numbers from migrating.
According to Reuters, when Daniel Ortega’s government “began arresting presidential contenders,” tens of thousands of people “slipped into exile” in the United States or Costa Rica. (more…)
By Ilka Oliva Corado on September 13, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
After the siege, the homeland becomes a perennial longing. The undocumented know it more than anyone else. It becomes that old letter of paper torn by so much folding and unfolding. It is in the memory of rainy days, of the milpa growing, of fresh chipilín flowers and the aroma of coffee cooked in a clay pot. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 11, 2021
20 years of the ongoing “war on terror” far exceeded the number of 9/11 victims, photo: Bill Hackwell
For Mexican journalist David Brooks, the most shocking moment of September 11, 2001, was not the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and the U.S. Pentagon, but the hours that followed the attack. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on September 10, 2021
Vigil in honor of the victims of terrorism against Cuba, Plaza de la Revolución, Photo: Ismael Francisco
This September 11 people around the world will remember the victims of the attacks against the Twin Towers in New York. More than 3,000 lives were lost, several of them of Cuban origin. (more…)