By Josefina Vidal Ferreiro on June 21, 2020
As soon as the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Cuba, our country mobilized all its resources to contain the spread of the virus. (more…)
By Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez on June 24, 2020
We are under fire from (at least) three wars simultaneously: an Economic War unleashed to give another “turn of the screw” against the working class; a Territorial War to ensure control, (more…)
By Manuel Cabieses Donoso on June 23, 2020
Photo: Bill Hackwell
The great Chilean novelist Carlos Droguett wrote “Matar a los viejos” (“To Kill the Old People”) in 1975. This novel, which begins with Pinochet caged and which reviews the crimes of his (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on June 24, 2020
A group of important personalities have launched an initiative to ask for the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban medical brigades that fight the Covid-19 in 27 countries and (more…)
By Leonardo Flores on June 24, 2020
Venezuela’s civilian militia has grown to 4 million. Photo: Bill Hackwell
From the first paragraph of “Venezuela Libre”, the ninth chapter of John Bolton’s upcoming book, The Room Where It Happened, it is obvious that the tale Bolton spins is full of (more…)
By Reese Erlich on June 18, 2020
Photo: Bill Hackwell
A group of muscular cops carrying semi-automatic pistols and batons slowly move through the crowd at the end of an outdoor salsa concert. My friends and I have a bottle of rum, (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on June 23, 2020
The Trump ultra-right nationalist regime in the US has done the unspeakable by trying to eliminate the solidarity and humanitarian aid that the Cuban doctors have given to (more…)
By Frei Betto on June 23, 2020
Photo: Bill Hackwell
In April, the World Bank predicted that the Brazilian economy would shrink by 5% of GDP by 2020. Now, in June, the prediction is 8% to 10%. And the government’s expected 2% growth. (more…)