By Leonard Peltier on November 29, 2022
National Day of Mourning 2022 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Nov. 24. Photo: Rachel Jones / UAINE
Greetings my relatives, friends, loved ones and supporters.
First, I want to say how deeply grateful I am that you would want to hear what I have to say. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on November 28, 2022 from Havana
Calla Walsh, co-chair of the National Network on Cuba, attending the US/Cuba Youth Meeting, observes local elections in Cuba.
Since last Thursday, Cuba has been the venue for an important gathering entitled, Youth Friendship Meeting “Building Our Future Today.” Young people from Cuba and the United States shared, in English and Spanish, thoughts about social justice, free public access to education and health, science (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on November 27, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
Last week, a delegation of three representatives completed a working visit to Cuba. The bipartisan group was made up of Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jim Baird (R-IN), and Jahana Hayes (D-CT), all members of the House Agriculture Committee. (more…)
By David Brooks on November 24, 2022
Even thanks can no longer be given without bullets. In the most armed and violent advanced country in the world there have been more than 600 mass shootings -with 4 or more victims- so far this year, an average of two every day. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas on November 23, 2022
The statue of Fidel Castro in Moscow. photo: Alijandro Azcuy
In order to understand Fidel Castro’s contribution to Political Science and, in particular, to the sphere of International Relations, especially in regard to Cuba’s ties with the United States, one must start from the precedent of the work and practice of José Martí, the Cuban National Hero, and the latter’s influence on the former’s thought and action. (more…)
By Marcos A Maranges on November 22, 2022 from Havana
Today in the early morning hours, one of the most important singer-songwriters in the history of Cuba, the troubadour Pablo Milanes, who delighted millions of people around the world with his tuned guitar and unmistakable voice, passed away in Madrid. Milanes is, together with Silvio Rodriguez and Noel Nicola, one of the pivotal founders of the Cuban Nueva Trova movement, which had an enormous range and impact throughout Latin America and in some European countries. (more…)
November 22, 2022
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin presided Tuesday at the inauguration ceremony of a monument to the eternal leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro in Moscow. The sculpture stands on the square named after the Commander in the Sokol district. (more…)
By Cheryl LaBash on November 22, 2022
Cuba’s Ambassador to the United Nations Yuri Gala López explains SSOT designation at the National Network on Cuba meeting in New York. photo: Bill Hackwell
The Biden administration certainly must have gotten the message after the 185 to 2 vote for the thirtieth consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly condemned the US starvation blockade on Cuba. Country after country from almost all continents not only condemned the U.S. economic war while making special emphasis to remove Cuba from the spurious arbitrary State Department List alleging State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT). (more…)