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…)
August 14, 2023
photo: Guillermo Legaria Schweizer
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has shared an analysis on the current situation of the cocaine market structure, warning that this illicit business has moved to Ecuador after its collapse in the US due to the fentanyl boom. (more…)
photo: Bill Hackwell
By Ana Hurtado on August 13, 2023
They were big ships and they were loaded with souls. Each one with a story. Hundreds of feelings were taking shelter inside the Atlantic looking for hope; a better life. If they looked into the distance there was only water. The sea.
The same sea that unites and separates us. The one that brought him to Cuba. The one he made his home. And there Angel took root to life.
There his children were born. And precisely on a day like today, 97 years ago, Fidel was born. (more…)
By Aram Aharonian on August 14, 2023
far right economist Javier Milei,
Argentines never cease to surprise: on a wintry but sunny Sunday, they put the recycled bipartisanship in intensive care in the Primary, Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory (PASO) elections, when the ultra-right-wing Javier Milei, until two years ago a TV panelist, became the chosen character to reset the system. The outsider won and all the rest lost. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 13, 2023 from Havana
Fidel Castro Center, photo: Bill Hackwell
On August 13, Cuba honors Fidel. Newspapers, TV, and radio stations feature his enormous life that is synonymous with our freedom . Cuba remembers the birthday of the man who led a Revolution “bigger than ourselves,” who in his 20 years took up arms, along with a small group of other brave men, to change the fate of a country in favor of the most oppressed. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on August 11, 2023
The obelisk in the center of Buenos Aires. photo: Nuevo Diario.
The recent repressions against social movements in the province of Jujuy and in the city of Buenos Aires can be compared to a repetition of the violence, terror and disappearances of men, women and children suffered by Argentines prior to the 1976-1983 civil-military dictatorship. (more…)
Resumen Latinoamericano joins the hundreds of organizations and individuals around the world working on a new campaign to collect 1 million signatures demanding the US:
Take Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism list and end the blockade of Cuba!
Sign the petition here and pass it on to all the people you know and work with
For more than 60 years, the US government has pursued a hostile policy against Cuba with the clear political intent to isolate the Cuban people through a cruel and inhumane blockade. In the midst of the pandemic, the Trump administration sought to further damage the Cuban economy not only by reinforcing the blockade with 243 new sanctions, but also by including Cuba on the of State Sponsors of Terrorism list. This designation has prevented Cuba from doing transactions using international banking systems and from acquiring necessary goods on the international market, such as fuel, food, construction supplies, hygiene products, and medicine. (more…)
By Margaret Kimberly on August 10, 2023
It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get U.S. corporate hands on Venezuela’s oil company, CITGO. (more…)