By Alejandra Garcia on September 28, 2023 from Havana
The 10th Congress of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), an organization founded by Fidel Castro on the historic night of September 28, 1960, concluded in Havana this Thursday after two days of deliberations. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on September 28, 2023 from Havana
Cuban President Diaz Canel with the people in the streets of New York.
There are feelings that are inseparable from human beings. No matter the place, the historical moment or their age. They will always be there. It is something that, in spite of the attempts of women and men for the improvement of their species and for progress, has not been annihilated. (more…)
By Ben Norton on September 27, 2023
Poverty is rising in one of the world’s oldest colonies: In Puerto Rico, 41.7% of people, including 57.6% of children, live in poverty. This is nearly four times the US rate. And Puerto Rican workers are getting poorer even while unemployment falls. (more…)
By José Manzaneda on September 27, 2023
The counterrevolution, together with certain religious groups on the Island, is trying to put an end to the sexual and reproductive rights conquered by Cuban women, as they tried, in 2021, with the new Family Code, which protects family diversity, egalitarian marriage and many other rights. (more…)
By Roberto Jesús Hernández on September 27, 2023
Where does authority come from, does it belong to those who accumulate the most power, property, or followers? Perhaps the answer is not to be found in any of the extremes or on a stage, but far from the spotlight, in the anonymous human being who is happy to put in place the blocks of what will be a park, help an elderly person, save an animal or plant a tree. (more…)
By Magdalena Gómez on September 25, 2023
photo: Bill Hackwell
This is what the parents of the 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, who disappeared between the night of September 26 and the early morning of September 27, 2014, have denounced from their sit-in they set up in front of military camp number 1 as a response to their conviction that from the Presidency of the Republic the Army continues to be protected. (more…)
By Calla Walsh on September 26, 2023 from Washington DC
Supporters of Cuba rally in front of the Embassy after the latest attack: photo: Deisy Francis Mexidor
Cuba’s embassy in Washington has been attacked two times in three years, and no one has been held accountable. This reflects the long history of US-backed terrorism against Cuba, and six decades of illegal economic warfare. (more…)
Evo Morales, photo: Martin Silva / afp
Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales confirmed his candidacy this Sunday for the 2025 presidential elections. He pointed out that he was forced to make this decision, for which he will fight, in the midst of the internal division of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS). (more…)