July 26, 2021
photo: Bill Hackwell
In view of the intensification of criminal actions by the government of the United States against the Cuban people, the Network in Defense of Humanity calls on all the peoples of the world so that, with one voice, we may forcefully reject the economic blockade, as well as the lies and slander that imperialism has invented about the island, its government and its revolution with the aim of justifying an eventual intervention. (more…)
By Luis Hernández Navarro on July 27, 2021
Jorge Arreaza, photo: La Jornada
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, has dedicated the last four years of his life to weather the worst diplomatic crisis his country has suffered in decades. (more…)
July 25, 2021
first shipment of syringes from the US arrive in Cuba.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, has thanked those in solidarity with Cuba in the United States on his twitter noting, “we will not tire of saying thanks to the noble American people.” #WeAreCuba. (more…)
July 23, 2021
La Via Campesina expresses its solidarity with the Cuban people and especially with the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP). We denounce the blockade and the media manipulation orchestrated to deceive the Cuban people and international public opinion. (more…)
By John Perry on July 21, 2021
The 42nd anniversary celebration of the Sandinista Revolution. Source: Jairo Cajina
After the U.S.-Russian summit in June, there was no apparent irony in President Biden’s response to a question about electoral interference. “Let’s get this straight,” he said. “How would it be if the United States were viewed by the rest of the world as interfering with the elections directly of other countries, and everybody knew it?” (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 25, 2021 from Havana
Santiago de Cuba, photo: Bill Hackwell
On July 26, 1953, a group of young people changed the course of Cuban history forever. Gunshots from the Moncada Barracks, then the second most important military fortress in the country, shook Santiago de Cuba in the early hours of Santa Ana Day, a religious celebration very popular during the years of the Republic. (more…)
July 24, 2021 at the 21st Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Latin American and Caribbean States Community (CELAC) taking place in Mexico City
photo: Carolina Cabral
Respected foreign ministers and representatives of brotherly countries of our Americas
I am grateful for the presence here of Isabel Allende, a great Chilean writer who accompanies us in this event to pay homage to the Liberator Simón Bolívar, to recreate his project of unity among the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, and to rely on history to better face the present and the future. (more…)
By Abel Prieto Jiménez on July 22, 2021
photo: Yusmilys Dubrosky
Yesterday the song Todo por ti by Pavel Urquiza and Daymé Arocena was released on YouTube. While insignificant as a work of art, they intend to make it work in terms of political propaganda. (more…)