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What Do We Mean When We Talk About the “New Order”?

By Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez on April 26, 2020

Mural by Diego Rivera

Transforming the world is a slogan of the people. The semantic hegemony over the idea of “New Order” is in a renewed dispute. It is not the first time that an international “crisis” (more…)

Cuba’s  Covid-19 Medical Brigades are not Medical Diplomacy They Are International Solidarity at its Finest

By Bill Hackwell on April 26, 2020

Photo:  Ismael Francisco Gonzalez

Today the latest medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. (more…)

Interview with Adan Chavez: “In the Face of the Pandemic, the People of Venezuela Respond with Civility”

By Geraldina Colotti, from the European edition of Resumen Latinoamericano, on April 25, 2020

Adán Chávez Frías, Photo: Bill Hackwell

Professor Adán Chávez Frías, the elder brother of the Eternal Commander, needs no introduction. He is the Vice President of International Affairs of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (more…)

Cuba is Written with an S for Solidarity

By Katu Arkonada on April 25, 2020

Che Guevara said that solidarity is the tenderness of the people. This phrase could not be truer than in the case of Cuba, the tenderest people in the world. (more…)

The Pandemic and the Coming Battle

By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on April 23, 2020

A country with a formidable medical industry like the U.S. dominated to the extreme by capitalist profit, has proved incapable of dealing with the coronavirus. As much as Trump (more…)

Without Command, Brazil Is Losing the Fight against the Pandemic

By Emir Sader on April 22, 2020

The fight against the pandemic, like any great fight, is a political one. Not in the sense of a political, party or electoral dispute or a minor dispute between supposed political leaders. (more…)

We Should Applaud the Cuban Health System — and Learn From It

By Medea Benjamin on April 22, 2020

While Bernie Sanders paid a political price for uttering something positive about Cuba’s literacy program, the current pandemic has shown the whole world the heroic side of Cuba’s health care system. (more…)

China’s Detection and Reporting of the Covid-19 Outbreak

By Roger Stoll on April 22, 2020

While the US took two-and-a-half years to identify HIV/AIDS after the discovery of the first symptomatic case in the country, China discovered, identified and contained COVID-19 within (more…)

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