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Those Who Live in Glass Houses …

By Elsa Claro on April 22, 2021

Whenever the United States accuses other countries of spying on them, they hide or justify their extensive world-wide network dedicated to finding out movements, their military installations, and their destabilizing operatives who focus on countries and entire regions. (more…)

US Role behind the Defeat of Ecuador’s Leftist Presidential Candidate

By Roger D. Harris on April 24, 2021

Code Pink election observation delegation

The US role in the defeat of leftist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador’s presidential contest on April 11 was not overt because it did not need to be, according to a high-ranking Latin American diplomat. We met with the diplomat and others on an official election observation delegation with CODEPINK. Names of some sources remain anonymous due to a hostile political environment towards progressives. (more…)

Capitalism is an Environmental Failure, Latin American Leaders Warn

By Alejandra Garcia on April 25, 2021

Cuba, Photo: Abel Rojas Barallobre

“Mother Earth does not belong to us, we are part of her. Savage capitalism has turned life into a big market and has destroyed the essential balance that must exist between nature and human beings,” Bolivia’s President Luis Arce said in commemoration of International Earth Day. (more…)

Communications in the Age of Internet

By Luis Britto García on April 24, 2021

Every technological advance gives rise to a utopian dream and a dystopian nightmare.  The invention of the Internet around 1990 generated enthusiastic expectations.  Its very beginning was utopian.  Its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, refused to register the patents that would have made him a billionaire, in order to make the Internet available to humanity. (more…)

Confronting Climate Change is a Priority for Cuba

April 24, 2021

Environmental subjects have moved beyond scientific circles to become a priority for the government of Cuba, a source for the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment stated today. (more…)

How Venezuela is Rebuilding its Industrial Base, One Volunteer at a Time

By Leonardo Flores on April 23, 2021

Photo: EPO

“We don’t just repair machines; we repair consciences,” says Sergio Requena of the Productive Workers Army (EPO by its Spanish-language initials) in Venezuela. The EPO is a group of 2,270 volunteers with a broad range of technical expertise. They go from factory to factory repairing broken machinery. Their mission is to recover Venezuela’s industrial production by empowering workers to take matters into their own hands. (more…)

Root Causes

By David Brooks on April 19, 2021

Photo: Revistafal.com

Ever since the issue of migration flows at the U.S.-Mexico border intensified, the Biden administration has made addressing the “root causes” of migration from Central America and Mexico at the centerpiece of its response.  Biden, his vice president, Kamala Harris, and America’s foreign policymakers have held talks, made trips and commented on initiatives to address those “root causes” in Mexico and Central America. (more…)

COVID-19 Vaccine Business and Regional Integration

By Javier Suazo on April 20, 2021

“The pharmaceutical industry has the responsibility to share intellectual property, while developed countries should be more supportive.”

UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. (more…)

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