February 28, 2023
There is no mistake about it. With the February 27 release of the State Department Country Report on Terrorism 2021, President Biden accepted ownership of the illegal U.S. economic war on Cuba, following suit with Donald Trump, George Bush, and Ronald Reagan’s hawkishness with the false designation of Cuba as a so-called “State Sponsor of Terror.” (more…)
February 26, 2023
On Friday, February 24, the de facto president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, announced her decision to withdraw the ambassador of Peru to Mexico and to instead issue a chargé d’affaires, demoting the two countries’ bilateral relations. She accused the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, of “privileging his ideological affinity over diplomatic relationship.” (more…)
By Iroel Sánchez on February 27, 2023
The liberal democracy that is sold to us as a model is conceived for the reproduction of the capitalist system and, when in spite of that, thanks to the wear and tear of the system itself and the popular mobilizations, an alternative that may represent a threat to the oligarchic interests reaches the Government, there are the other “powers” to strike judicial, media, parliamentary and even military blows in defense of what they consider should be the natural order of things. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on February 27, 2023
February 24 marked one year since the war between Russia and Ukraine began. During all that time, few proposals for ending the conflict have advanced. However, this not-desired anniversary comes with a ray of hope from an unexpected place: Latin America. Whether it becomes a reality or not, looking for a negotiated solution shows once again the commitment to progress and world peace by Latin America progressive forces. (more…)
By Álvaro García Linera on February 25, 2023
img: Bloomberg Financials LP
US President Joe Biden is a self-confessed Catholic. He regularly attends the religious services of his congregation and, like every US president, he has sworn to his office by placing his hand on the bible. Therefore, it is safe to say that he is aware of the negative moral charge that the word “hell” has among his people. It is the execrable par excellence; that which must be rejected without appeal. That which must be fled from in every personal act. (more…)
By: Randy Alonso Falcón on February 25, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg’s boys were very active against Cuba in 2022. More than one Cuban page was censored by the Palo Alto team without plausible explanations. One of the most notorious closures, last October, was that of the space that the site Razones de Cuba had in that digital social network. The mission of this media since its inception has been to denounce the terrorist and subversive activity of the U.S. government against our country. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on February 24, 2023
photos: Bill Hackwell
On February 26, 1982, then President Ronald Reagan instructed his Secretary of State to include Cuba in the so-called list of countries sponsoring terrorism, in accordance with the provisions of legislation passed three years earlier, called the Export Administration Act (Section 6). (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on February 23, 2023 from Havana
the view of the people of Guantanamo, photo: Bill Hackwell
To a great many people of the world the word Guantanamo has become synonymous with torture since the US opened up their military prison center there in 2002. Over 780 people captured by US forces have suffered from massive human rights violations there carried out by the CIA since that time. (more…)