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Cuba: When is the Monroe Doctrine Going to Die?

By Ibis Frade on December 16, 2022

Although Humanity has evolved a lot up to date, contemporary U.S. administrations continue to use in their relations with Latin America a policy whose beginnings date back to 1823. (more…)

Peru: the Uprising of the Cholos

By Rafael Bautista S. on December 17, 2022

 “I am a Cholo and don’t pity me, those are coins that are worthless
nothing and that the whites give like those who give money.

We Cholos don’t ask for anything,because if we lack everything, everything is enough for us”.
-Luis Abanto Morales
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An ‘Intellectual’ Brawl in Miami

By Jesús Arboleya on Dec 14, 2022

It is not strange that one or another intellectual endeavor or artistic production provoke violent reactions among extremists of the Cuban-American community in Miami. In that city, works by renowned Cuban painters have been destroyed, books burned in piles, or musical performances canceled due to the threat of terrorist attacks — and from time to time a bulldozer crushes records in the street by an artist disowned for his political positions. (more…)

Saab Hearing Proves He Deserves Diplomatic Immunity, Exposes Prosecution’s Duplicity

By Dan Kovalik on December 16, 2022

Mobilization in Caracas, Dec.16, 2022, to Free Alex Saab. Credit: VTV

On December 12 to 13, 2022, an evidentiary hearing in the case of The United States v. Alex Saab was heard before Judge Robert Scola in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  The only issue in the hearing was the question of whether Mr. Saab is entitled to diplomatic immunity, a question which, if resolved in his favor, would lead to his release from custody.  I had the opportunity to be in the courtroom to witness this hearing, and it was both fascinating and revealing. (more…)

ALBA-TCP: A Successful Integration Project in Troubled Waters

By Gustavo A Maranges on December 15, 2022

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) finishing up its XXII meeting in Havana today,  remains one of the most successful integration projects in Latin America. (more…)

The U.S. Egged on the Coup in Peru

By Vijay Prashad and José Carlos Llerena Robles on December 15, 2022

Pedro Castillo

On December 7, 2022, Pedro Castillo sat in his office on what would be the last day of his presidency of Peru. His lawyers went over spreadsheets that showed Castillo would triumph over a motion in Congress to remove him. (more…)

Cuba, and You, the People

By Ramón Pedregal Casanova on December 15, 2022

photo: Bill Hackwell

On November 25, 1896, a proclamation was published in Havana by the Capital General Governor of Cuba, and General in Chief of the (Spanish) Army Valeriano Weiler, which ordered: (…) First. A term is set until December 20, all the corn deposited in the farmhouses is to be transferred by its owners to the nearest town that has a detachment or to the immediate railroad station. (more…)

Messi and the Goals You Don’t See

By Joel García on December 14, 2022

Argentine soccer greats Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi

From the first line here I’m going to make it clear that I don’t follow soccer with the same passion as many of my colleagues and friends. Nor am I a Barcelona or Madrid fan. I admire the sport for the art and feelings it raises to such incredible levels. Of the players, I admit I am a fan of Lionel Messi not because he is number one in the world (which he is), but because I am a passionate admirer of Maradona and no one comes closer than Messi to that soccer God. (more…)

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