By David Brooks on January 19, 2024
MLK tribute – Havana Cuba, photo: Bill Hackwell
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal,” declared the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. when he proclaimed himself against the war in Vietnam; at another time he stressed that “in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” (more…)
By Raul Antonio Capote on January 18, 2024 from Havana
photo: AFP
The recent events in the Gaza Strip have laid bare, as never before, the essence of Zionism and the complicity of the West and the US with the Israeli regime. (more…)
January 17, 2024, Kampala, Uganda
Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez
Speech by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Ministerial Preparatory Meeting of the XIX Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Your Excellency General Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda;
Dear Ministers and Heads of Delegations and distinguished Delegates and Guests: (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on January 18, 2024
The Monroe Doctrine must come to an end
Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation” with our neighbor nations. (more…)
PRESS STATEMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The People’s Forum Executive Director: We Will Not Apologize – Zionism is Racism!
January 18, 2024, New York City – Following the publication of a slanderous article by the New York Post about The People’s Forum as well as a barrage of threats and attacks against its employees, The People’s Forum Executive Director has released the following statement. (more…)
By José Ernesto Nováez Guerrero on January 16, 2024 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
January 14th marked the 100th day of this new phase of the conflict between “Israel” and Palestine. More than 24 thousand Palestinians have lost their lives as a result of the brutal Zionist bombings and the situation in the Middle East is increasingly tense, aggravated by the recent attacks of the coalition commanded by the United States against Yemen. (more…)
By Tatiana Coll on January 15, 2024
photo: Bill Hackwell
It is difficult, very difficult to make a valid account of 65 years of great events, of profound transformations, of surprising achievements, of complex challenges, of internationalist victories, of global warnings, of new approaches, of constant search and also of mistakes; but always of tenacity and fierce constancy, sustained in the most contradictory circumstances by a whole people on the march. (more…)
Havana, 
January 15, 2024
The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the World Peace Council (WPC), are calling for the participation in the VIII International Seminar on Peace and for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, which will take place in the province of Guantanamo, on May 4 and 5, 2024. (more…)