By John Perry and Roger D. Harris on August 10, 2025
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In recent weeks, a motley crew of writers has found common cause in attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista government: Jaden Hong, a high-school student from Sammamish, Washington, who has never visited the country; Jared O. Bell, a former USAID Foreign Service Officer; Barb Arland-Fye, editor of a Catholic newspaper in Iowa; and Gioconda Belli, a 76-year-old Nicaraguan novelist in self-exile. Writing in outlets ranging from The Teen Magazine to the New York Times, they have produced a string of biased, ill-informed pieces that repeat the same well-worn falsehoods about Nicaragua’s elected government. (more…)
By Charo Solís on August 8, 2025
Protesters hold a placard of Argentinian social activist Milagro Sala at a demonstration in Buenos Aires. Photo: Julieta Ferrario/Zuma
Milagro Sala is one of the first political prisoners of the current Argentinian democracy. The founder of the Tupac Amaru Neighborhood Organization, she led an unprecedented program of social development by the people in Jujuy province: thousands of homes, schools, health centers, and cultural spaces built by workers’ cooperatives. She was a threat to the entrenched system of political and economic power. (more…)
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By Elizabeth Naranjo on August 9, 2025
“He was only two years old, perhaps too young to remember how devastating the bomb was in Hiroshima. I recently returned to Japan and we talked about that day, and for the first time in his 82 years, he said he vaguely remembered that after the bombing everything was destroyed.” (more…)
By Emir Sader on August 9, 2025
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Everything indicated, based on the progress of the proceedings against him, that Jair Bolsonaro would be imprisoned around October of this year. He himself already seemed resigned to going to prison. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 7, 2025
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This week, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declared a new state of emergency in the provinces of Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, and El Oro, citing a situation of “grave internal unrest.” Violent incidents have skyrocketed, and the Noboa administration attributes them to organized armed groups operating within the framework of the internal armed conflict declared in January 2024. (more…)
By Elson Concepcion Perez on August 7, 2025
On eight occasions, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat visited the island at Fidel’s invitation. Photo: Liborio Noval
The Palestinian cause was one of Fidel’s causes. From the very beginning of the triumphant Revolution, he dedicated his efforts and solidarity to it, expressing this in Cuba, in international forums, and at the highest level at which our country raised its voice. (more…)
By Francisco Delgado Rodriquez on August 6, 2025
Marco Rubio and Donald Trump in the US, reacted to Álvaro Uribe Vélez’s trial, composition by Pulzo.
The latest misdeeds orchestrated by the State Department, led by Mr. Rubio, have focused on discrediting and even sanctioning countries in the region where their judicial systems decided to prosecute friends of the US government. (more…)
By Carlos Gonzalez Penalva on August 5, 2025
The recent appearance of Israel Rojas, leader of the duo Buena Fe, on the program La sobremesa on the digital platform La Joven Cuba has sparked an interesting debate on the fringes of the Cuban revolutionary intelligentsia. His presence, polite but firm, honest and serene, has been celebrated by many as a gesture of openness and courage. And it undoubtedly is. But this recognition should not lead us to overlook the terrain where the exchange takes place. Because in politics—and especially in the cultural battle—the setting matters as much as the words, and there is no innocent dialogue when the script is written by the adversary. (more…)