By Juan Manuel Erazo on July 27, 2023
Juan Grabois and Evo Morales
The Argentine pre-candidate for president of Unión por la Patria Juan Grabois, and the former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, held an event where they spoke about strategic resources for the region and the electoral context. “By heritage, by history, we are anti-colonialist and therefore anti-imperialist,” affirmed Evo. (more…)
July 25, 2023
Guatemalans demand a fair election
A growing number of people have come out in protest in Guatemala to demand that the government and the justice system cease their attempts to derail the current presidential elections, the second round of which is to be held on August 20. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on July 27, 2023
Sandinista youth celebrates their revolution, photo: Roger Harris
“We are fighting against the Yankee enemy of humanity,” explained Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, setting the tone of the 44th anniversary celebration of their revolution. (more…)
By Julieta Díaz Lozano on July 25, 2023
Castillo, Freedom and Restitution, Photo: Román Heli Paredes
In total more than 100 thousand people mobilized throughout the country calling for the resignation of the coup leader Dina Boluarte in Peru. Again there were arrests and injuries. In spite of a gigantic repressive operation and a campaign of fear of several weeks, a multitude participated in the streets of the so-called Third Seizure of Lima this July 19. (more…)
By Freedom Archives on July 26, 2023
credit: Raul Martinez, 1969
It happened 70 years ago on July 26, 1953—the attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago, Cuba. At the time, it may not have seemed of great historical import, but in the light of hindsight, it sparked the process that led to the Cuban Revolution—and that changed the world! (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 25, 2023 in Havana
the Moncada, photos: Bill Hackwell
Tomorrow, the eyes of Cuba are on Santiago. The leaders of the island, Santiago inhabitants, and Cubans from all over the country are in the city where it all began 70 years ago. For others in other parts of the island we will be closely following the calendar of activities that will be held to honor our National Day of Rebellion. Such a history to think that it has been seven decades since Fidel and the other revolutionaries, attacked against all odds, the Moncada Barracks with weapons that he characterized as being more appropriate for bird hunting. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on July 14, 2023
2017- international conference calls for the closing of Guantanamo, photo: Bill Hackwell
For the first time in 22 years, a United Nations independent rapporteur was granted permission by authorities to visit the prison maintained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The UN official, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, an Irish law professor, came to the same conclusion as prisoners and lawyers who have been able to offer testimony from the inside: (more…)
By Atilio Boron on July 22, 2023
Atilio Boron, photo: Bill Hackwell
In recent times, any analysis on Argentine politics or the Argentine economy does not fail to mention the IMF as one of the fundamental, if not decisive, actors of national events. And its influence on the Government’s decision-making process, on what it does or does not do, more than deserves this recognition. (more…)