July 3, 2024
China Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mao Ming
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ming told a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday that China will not allow third parties to slander her country’s relations with Cuba. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on July 4, 2024 from Havana
Marta Valdés in concert 2014. photo: Irene Pérez/ Cubadebate.
Since her first song, Palabras ( 1955), interpreted by some of the most talented voices in Latin American music, from Bola de Nieve to Elena Burke, Miriam Ramos and Martirio, as well as dozens of other great boleristas, Marta stood out for her ability to connect with people’s most intimate feelings. (more…)
By Carlos L. Garrido on July 4, 2024
image: Al Mayadeen
America’s incorporation into this bright new future can only be, as was our revolution in 1776, a product of a deep struggle against the old, decaying world of our oligarchs and political class. (more…)
July 3, 2024
Peltier’s supporters rally in front of Federal Building in Rapid City, SD, on June 27. photo: Angel White Eyes, NDN Collective.
Longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe), a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), who is the longest held Indigenous political prisoner in the US, was denied parole on Tuesday by the bogus US Parole Commission. The US which has the largest per capita incarcerated population in the world with that population aging and sick as is the case of Leonard. (more…)
By Clodovaldo Hernandez on July 2, 2024
Nicolás Maduro is often represented by Chavistas as a colorful rooster.
There are several unknowns around the upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections on July 28, and everything seems to indicate that they will only be resolved on that day, when more than 21 million voters will be able to cast their ballots and decide whether to give President Nicolás Maduro six more years in office or opt for one of nine other presidential candidates in the race. (more…)
By Kevin Anibarro on July 2, 2024
photo: Fabián Restivo
On June 26, 2024, the Bolivian government suffered an attempted military coup d’état organized and orchestrated by dissident members of the Army, who, using tanks and other combat vehicles, forcibly entered the Palacio Quemado, positioning themselves in strategic places in the Plaza Murillo, in a clear coup against the democratic government of Luis Arce Catacora. (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on July 1, 2024 from Havana
Cuban doctors
One of my favorite actors, Joaquin Phoenix, in the Hollywood blockbuster The Joker, had the memorable line:“Is it just me or is the world getting crazier and crazier? A lot of tension, people are angry. Times are tough.” (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on June 30, 2024 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
More than half a century of blockade against the island and the economic crisis it brings as a consequence -which is worsening with successive White House administrations no matter if they are Democrat or Republican – the main reasons why Cubans emigrate, according to common knowledge here and confirmed by experts. (more…)