July 2, 2021
Duque and US Southern Commander Craig Faller,
Colombia’s role in the already permanent regime change operation against Venezuela is broad and eloquent. Some recent events in that country may be worthy of attention and analysis, however, all that would go through a series of questions that help to clarify what is behind these events and where they are headed. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on July 1, 2021
‘I Have Seen’ painting: Raúl Martínez
In 1869, at the age of fifteen, José Martí and his young friends published a magazine in Cuba called La Patria Libre (‘The Free Homeland’), which adopted a strong position against Spanish imperialism. The first and only issue of the magazine carried Martí’s poem, ‘Abdala’. (more…)
By Ilka Oliva Corado on June 30, 2021|
flavela in Rio de Janeiro. photo: Bill Hackwell
Historically, for the classist and racist society, in the slum all the evils of the world are conjugated, therefore, whoever is from the slums automatically has to be a thief, abuser, extortionist, rapist, murderer and everything that the human mind can think of. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 1, 2021
Supporters of Castillo remain in the street. foto: peru libre
One month after holding the run-off election, Peru still has no President-elect. The winning candidate, leftist Pedro Castillo, hasn’t assumed the country’s leadership yet because the Peruvian right-wing insists that widespread election fraud has taken place, although justice authorities say otherwise. (more…)
By Marina Menéndez Quintero on July 1, 2021.
photo: Juventud Rebelde. cu
The inauguration of the mayors and councilors elected in May initiates the fragmented construction of a new model at the local level, where popular power is forged. (more…)
By José Manzaneda on July 1, 2021
Do you know which are the three countries with the lowest relative number of deaths from Covid-19 in Latin America? The data is provided by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation of the USA and, curiously, it is not headline news. Do you know why? (more…)
By Danny Glover on June 29, 2021
Danny Glover, photo: Bill Hackwell
Imagine a country developing and producing its own Covid-19 vaccines, enough to cover its entire population, but being unable to inoculate everyone because of a syringe shortage. This absurd situation is real, and one that Cuba will soon face. Cuba has already vaccinated about 2 million of its 11 million people, and hopes to have 70 percent of the population vaccinated by August. (more…)
By Jerry Condon on July 1, 2021
photo: Agencia Anadolu
Is the U.S. meddling in the Nicaraguan election?
When Kamala Harris finally traveled to the U.S./Mexico border last week, she met several young women asylum seekers. The vice president likely saw Hondurans, Salvadorans and Guatemalans who were fleeing from violence and extreme poverty. (more…)