By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on August 5, 2021
GitHub, the largest free software platform in the world, has published an incomplete list of 60 computer programs, sites and services restricted for Cuba by the unreasonable U.S. blockade, which according to Senator Marco Rubio does not exist. The list includes everything from the most popular videoconferencing platform in these times of pandemic, Zoom, to most Google applications, such as Code, Cloud, Maps and Play Publics. (more…)
By David Bacon on August 3, 2021
photo: David Bacon
In a field near Arvin, at the southern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley, dozens of workers arrive at 5:30 in the morning. It’s already over 80 degrees, and by mid afternoon the temperature will top 114 degrees, according to my iPhone. (more…)
By Helen Yaffe on August 4, 2021
image: Uttam Ghosh, tri continental
The violent protests that erupted in Cuba in early July were the first serious social disturbances since the “Maleconazo” of 1994, 27 years ago. Both these periods were characterized by deep economic crises. I was living in Havana in the mid-90s and witnessed the conditions that triggered the uprising: empty food markets, shops and pharmacy shelves, regular electricity cuts, production and transport ground to a halt. Such were the consequences of the collapse of the socialist bloc, which accounted for about 90% of the island’s trade. (more…)
By Carolina Vásquez Araya on August 2, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
“Actions are loves and not good reasons”, as popular saying goes that fits us perfectly. If there is something that unites Latin American peoples, it is a past full of frustrations, social struggle, violence, repression and abuse. Also, of course, an enormous dose of hope that arises before and after each change in their governments and each social outburst provoked by their betrayals. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on August 1, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
A few days ago Joe Biden announced that the troops stationed in Afghanistan will return to the United States on August 31, 2021. This date will mark the shameful failure of “Operation Freedom’s Sentinel” as well as that of NATO’s “Resolute Support Mission”. Indeed, following the 9/11 attacks, the United States and its European allies invaded Afghanistan and began the longest military adventure in U.S. history. (more…)
August 1, 2021
Venezuelan Foreign Minister and his Peruvian counterpart, meet to strengthen ties between Caracas and Lima.
During a meeting held on Friday in Lima on the occasion of the inauguration of the president-elect of the South American country, Pedro Castillo, the head of Venezuelan diplomacy Jorge Arreaza and his Peruvian counterpart Héctor Béjar discussed the “recovery of comprehensive relations” between the two countries. (more…)
By Arianna Álvarez Avalo; a young Cuban student on August 2, 2021
Where were those who link the words “aid” and “humanitarian” when the United States banned a ship from China with supplies to fight Covid and help the Cuban people? Where were they when Trump banned monetary aid to families on the island, when an inhumane policy was intensified in the midst of a global crisis and a deadly disease, when he banned the purchase of fans from U.S. companies by leaving tankers at sea? (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 1, 2021
photo: Abel Rojas Barallobre
US President Joe Biden proved again that his political agenda towards Cuba is very similar to that of his predecessor Donald Trump. On Friday afternoon, the head of the White House received a group of Cuban emigrants, promoters of the change of government in Cuba, to outline the guidelines that his administration should follow towards the Caribbean country in the months to come. (more…)