By Vijay Prashad on May 27, 2020
The Fortune, with Venezuelan Navy escort. Photo: Nicolas Maduro
The first oil tanker that came from Iran’s Bandar Abbas port into the Caribbean is called Fortune. The tanker entered Venezuelan waters on May 24 and was then escorted by the (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on May 28, 2020
The state of Pennsylvania has a population similar to that of Cuba, but has 35 times more confirmed cases of coronavirus and 63 times more lethal victims. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on May 25, 2020
First of the Iranian oil tankers arrives in Venezuela
The arrival of the Iranian tanker Fortune to the great refinery of El Palito in Venezuela has a meaning far, far greater than the quantity of gasoline and other crucial supplies transported in (more…)
By Pedro Santana Rodríguez on May 26, 2020
The economic management that governments have been giving to the pandemic caused by Covid-19 reflects the degree of correlation of social and political forces in each of our societies. (more…)
By Gustavo Veiga on May 26, 2020
The government of Donald Trump found an ideal partner in the coronavirus to try to prostrate Cuba by all possible means. From the combo of economic and legal sanctions that the (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on May 25, 2020
An exclusive interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza with the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on May 24, 2020 (more…)
By Prabir Purkayastha on May 24, 2020
US President Donald Trump launched a new vaccine war this week, but not against the virus. It was against the world. The US and UK were the only two hold-outs in the World Health (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote on May 23, 2020
The first of the five Iranian oil tankers has just arrived at the El Palito refinery in the Venezuelan state of Carabobo. The ship named The Fortune entered Venezuelan waters Saturday (more…)