By Dr. C José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on April 12, 2023
Fidel Castro speaking at the UN
Fidel Castro comes from the future to tell us once again: “Let the philosophy of dispossession disappear and the philosophy of war will have disappeared! Let the colonies disappear, let the exploitation of countries by monopolies disappear, and then humanity will have reached a true stage of progress!” (more…)
April 9, 2023
Palestine in the Plaza of the Revolution. photo: Bill Hackwell
By Fidel Castro on August 4, 2014, written like it was yesterday
I think that a new and repugnant form of fascism is emerging with remarkable force at this moment in human history, when more than seven billion inhabitants are striving for their own survival. (more…)
Jim Cason and David Brooks on April 10, 2023
IMF – WB to meet from April 10-16 in Washington, DC photo: AFP
Washington and New York. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) will begin their semi-annual meetings in Washington today surrounded by criticism from almost all quarters, from developing nations, international leaders and even some of their most powerful member countries for their slowness in reforming their policies and practices to effectively address climate change and the failure of their development strategies. (more…)
April 9, 2023
Photo: Jesús Vargas/AVN
More than 40 social organizations and political parties of Venezuela announced the creation of the Platform of Solidarity with the Palestinian Cause, an initiative to promote solidarity with the people of Palestine. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 10, 2023
Maria Luisa Duarte, photo: Wikicommons
On April 30, Paraguay will go to the polls to elect the country’s new president in a process marked by a lack of debate and the absence of urgent proposals such as free access to education, more rights for Indigenous people, and the right to their land for example. (more…)
By Dr. Daud Abdullah on April 9, 2023
Jose Cabañas, foto: Bill Hackwell
Jose Ramon Cabañas Rodriguez served in the Cuban diplomatic service for 37 years. In 2015 he became his country’s first ambassador to the United States in 50 years. During his long and distinguished career, Cabañas was involved in some of the most difficult diplomatic challenges Cuba faced in recent decades. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 9, 2023 from Havana
Rescuer at the Antonio Guiteras CTE Photo: Raúl Navarro González
The eyes and thoughts of Cuba have been on Matanzas since April 7, when a chimney tower of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant partially collapsed, leaving four people trapped in the rubble. Two of them did not make it out alive. (more…)
April 6, 2023
Gabriel Boric
Chile’s neoliberal government of President Gabriel Boric is close to securing a new law that expands the right of security forces to use firearms against the population. The Naín-Retamal Law, a proposal of the executive branch, was today approved by the Senate for a third and final reading. (more…)