By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on October 24, 2023 from Havana
Between the 17th and 18th of this October, the 3rd Conference on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) took place in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Emerging in 2013, from a proposal by President Xi Jinping, the BRI currently shows important results on a global scale, (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on September 12, 2023
May 2014, Victorville Penitentiary
When I was preparing to assume the responsibility as head of the Cuban Interests Section in the United States (mid-2012), I approached comrade José Anselmo López, who had been in charge of the Consular Section of that office in the late 90s of the 20th century and early 21st century, to ask him about his experiences on visits to U.S. prisons where the Cuban Five Heroes were unjustly held prisoners. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on September 8, 2023 from Havana
G-77 + China Summit in Havana, Sept. 15-16
As part of the preparations for the Summit of the G77 Group plus China, to be held in Havana this September 15, a draft declaration has been under discussion for months, to be approved by the heads of delegations attending the forum, and which would constitute the main political message to be projected by that conclave towards the future. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on August 31, 2023
photo: Abriendomundo
In recent days news circulated about the partial declassification by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of two Presidential Daily Briefings (PDB), prepared to be read by Richard Nixon. The first is dated September 8 and the second 11 of the same month, during the 1973 coup d’état against Chilean President Salvador Allende. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on August 15, 2023
illustration: guardian design
During the first fortnight of this month of August, the U.S. press has had among its main headlines those related to new judicial charges filed against former President Donald Trump, as well as announcements about the possibility of others being added. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on June 10, 2023 from Havana
From left to right, top to bottom, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Tim Scott and Mike Pompeo.
In recent weeks, names have been added to the list of U.S. politicians seeking the Republican nomination to run as candidates for the November 2024 presidential elections. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on April 18, 2023
Vinales, photo: Bill Hackwell
Since 2022 there was a family plan to go all the way to Viñales, Pinar del Río, to take a few days of vacation. Anyone who has visited it knows that it is one of those places (many) in Cuba that has special charms, which remain in the memory as a permanent debt. (more…)
By Dr. C José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on April 12, 2023
Fidel Castro speaking at the UN
Fidel Castro comes from the future to tell us once again: “Let the philosophy of dispossession disappear and the philosophy of war will have disappeared! Let the colonies disappear, let the exploitation of countries by monopolies disappear, and then humanity will have reached a true stage of progress!” (more…)