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
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…)
By Stella Calloni on January 14, 2024
Milei
Argentina is going through the most serious and tragic period of its history, since one month after the presidential inauguration, the ultra-right and self-styled libertarian Javier Milei applied a shock of such magnitude that he decides the surrender of the country, the disappearance of the Homeland and the State, that is, of the people who are offered freedom not for life, but for death, for which not even one more day can be expected. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on January 15, 2024 from Havana
As a show of thanks, a group in solidarity with the Palestinian people went to the South African Embassy in Havana. Photo: Courtesy of the author.
The genocide continues; it does not stop.
We have changed the year but the hegemonic control of the planet remains. Those who wage wars are still the same. In Gaza, people continue to die every day without distinction of gender or age. (more…)