By Juan Contreras Jara on January 17, 2023
photo: La Razon
The constant violation of Human Rights does not stop in Peru. In addition to the 50 demonstrators killed so far by the repression of the de facto government of Dina Boluarte, today there are multiple attempts by the police to obstruct the free right of assembly and social protest of those who are heading to Lima to repudiate the state violence, (more…)
By Natalia Marques on January 14, 2023
photo: Bill Hackwell
As the West Coast of the US faces torrential rains and harsh wind, California’s 172,000 homeless people face two storms: natural disaster and state indifference. (more…)
January 17, 2023
photo: Bill Hackwell
Today through his Twitter account, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez criticized the vast separation of wealth that exists in the world. (more…)
By Rick Sterling on January 16, 2023
photo: Bill Hackwell
In April 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an eloquent and stirring denunciation of the Vietnam War and US militarism. The speech titled “Beyond Vietnam” is relevant to today’s war in Ukraine. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on January 15, 2023
Cuba, photo: Bill Hackwell
On January 12, Cuba took the presidency of the G77+China for the first time in history after being elected in September 2022 during the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Caribbean state got this relevant position at a transcendental moment not only for the island but for developing countries in general. It should be remembered that the G-77 began in 1964 by seventy seven developing nations who banded together to articulate and promote their collective interests while enhancing their joint negotiating capacity. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 15, 2023
Jose Pertierra, photo: Bill Hackwell
On January 9, U.S. President Joe Biden announced new immigration measures for Cuba in an attempt to contain the crisis that has persisted on the southern border with Mexico since the era of his predecessor Donald Trump. The initiatives explicitly seek to discourage illegal migration of Cubans to the United States, while allowing a limited number of Cubans to enter the country under the so-called parole process. At the same time, those who do not qualify will be expelled. (more…)
By Iroel Sánchez on January 13, 2023
graphic: Al Mayadeen
“America for the Americans,” is the phrase with which Pedro Castillo closed his speech at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in April 2022, which he attended without his traditional rural teacher’s hat. In the midst of the schism caused by the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the United States, Castillo was one of those who chose to attend and not mention the issue that became the focus of the event. (more…)
By Raúl Antonio Capote Fernández on January 12, 2023.
Watching over information security and denouncing Washington’s actions in this field has become a strategic issue for Cuba.Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents declassified by the U.S. Government reveal that this institution spied on the Cubana de Aviación Company in the 1960s. The evidence demonstrates the CIA’s meticulous monitoring of Cubana de Aviación flights to the island. (more…)