May 14, 2023
Cubans march against homophobia and transphobia and celebrate legalisation of same-sex marriage. photo: Yamil Lage / AFP
Around 200 Cubans marched in Havana on Saturday to the rhythm of conga, a popular dance, protesting against homophobia and transphobia, and celebrating the legalization of same-sex marriage. Chanting “socialism yes, homophobia no”, demonstrators swayed their hips and beat rhythmically on drums as they cheered the ‘Family Code’, passed last September. (more…)
May 12, 2023
The protest of a few dozen people in Caimanera, Cuba, over power outages and lack of food, has restored hope to those who dream of the fall of the Cuban Revolution. But let’s review the media keys to the events. (more…)
May 12, 2023
photo: AFP
Yesterday a minute before midnight, Eastern Time in the United States, Title 42 was suspended and replaced by decree 8, which is even more drastic, since its sanctions indicate that any person who tries to enter without a visa will be banned from doing so for five years, by any means. (more…)
May 12, 2023
Peoples Summit in Los Angeles, June 2022, photo: midia ninja
A group of congressional Democrats in the United States have penned a letter to President Biden, urging him to lift sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela. As the letter argues, “Experts widely agree that broad-based US sanctions—expanded to an unprecedented level by your predecessor—are a leading contributing factor in the current surge in migration.” The representatives write to Biden, “We urge you to act swiftly to lift the failed and indiscriminate economic sanctions that were imposed by the prior administration.” (more…)
By Andreína Chávez Alava on May 11, 2023
This past week, while the rest of the world looked elsewhere, one of the biggest thefts committed against any country in recent history took place. In one fell swoop, the Biden government green lighted the plunder of several Venezuelan assets: US-based oil subsidiary CITGO, millions of dollars held in US bank accounts and a state-owned aircraft. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 11, 2023
photo: Granma
Every year around this time Cuba remembers Celia Sanchez Manduley the most native flower of the Cuban Revolution, as Celia Sanchez Manduley was lovingly known. This May 9, the first woman who joined the Revolutionary Army in the late 1950s with a rifle in her arms would have turned 103 years old.
Those who knew her say Celia’s most outstanding characteristic was her kindness. Her humble clothing and the decision to drive around in a small jeep without an escort made it difficult to envision her as a heroine of the Republic of Cuba and one of the key figures of the Cuban Revolution. (more…)
By Raúl Capote Fernández on May 10, 2023
photo: Guillermo Flores
In any crisis situation in the U.S. economy, the first to be affected are minorities. Unemployment, cuts in assistance programs, debts, take their toll on the poorest communities first and foremost. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on May 10, 2023 from Havana
An Andalusian patio in Seville. photos courtesy of Ana Hurtado
Like Antonio Machado’s, my childhood is also memories of a courtyard in Seville. And it is marked by orange trees and summers with a radiant sun between two Andalusian provinces: Seville and Jaen. And vice versa. Almost 300 kilometers between the two. (more…)