March 8, 2025
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel greeting Max Lesnik (R) photo: Prensa Latina
The prominent Cuban journalist Max Lesnik passed away today at the age of 94 in the US city of Miami, where he had lived since 1961. (more…)
March 8, 2025
As the world marks International Women’s Day, the meaning of this celebration has been eroded for Palestinian women in Gaza amid Israel’s prolonged genocidal war on the territory. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on March 6, 2025
The so-called State of the Union Address is currently a verbal presentation by the President of the United States to a joint session of Congress (House and Senate) in a plenary hall of the Capitol, which is also attended by members of the Supreme Court, senior government officials, the accredited diplomatic corps and a select list of guests. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcon on March 5, 2025
Homeland or Death
For those of small spirit it was a suicidal phrase. For Cuban revolutionaries it has always been an expression of conviction, of firmness, of an unredeemed willingness to give everything for the beloved homeland. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on March 6, 2025
photo: Bill Hackwell
Yesterday, March 5, the Venezuelan people took to the streets to remember Bolivarian leader Hugo Chavez, on the 12th anniversary of his physical departure after a strong battle against cancer. From different points of Caracas, Venezuelans united in a great march that advanced through the main avenues of Caracas to the Cuartel de la Montaña 4F, where the mortal remains of the leader who left an indelible mark on the history of Venezuela and Latin America rest. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti, on March 5, 2025.
In 2005, on the bicentenary of the oath of Monte Sacro, Hugo Chávez climbed the historic Roman hill, where the plebeians of Ancient Rome took refuge in rebellion against the patricians. “Long live the Venezuelan people and long live the peoples of the world who struggle for life, against war, against imperialism, for freedom, for equality!” said the commander, (more…)
By Jamil Chad on March 5, 2025
Lula and the newly appointed president of Uruguay, Yamandu Orsi (left), and the presidents of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and Chile, Gabriel Boric photo: Alex Ibanez -AFP
Brazil, allied with progressive governments in the region, has managed to prevent the Organization of American States (OAS) from being led by an ally of the governments of Javier Milei and Donald Trump. (more…)
By John Perry on March 5, 2025 from Masaya Nicaragua
One of scores of violent barricades, or tranques, created around Nicaragua during the 2018 coup attempt
A new UN report relies on a US government-funded operative, Felix Maradiaga, who helped instigate the violent 2018 coup to remove President Daniel Ortega in 2018. Yet UN “experts” have refused to interview the many Nicaraguans kidnapped and tortured by the opposition. (more…)