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Cuba’s two Pandemics: The Coronavirus and the US Embargo

By Josefina Vidal Ferreiro on June 21, 2020

As soon as the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Cuba, our country mobilized all its resources to contain the spread of the virus. (more…)

Uprising in the US is Demanding more than Reform

By Deisy Mexidor Francis on June 19, 2020

Photo: Bill Hackwell

Prensa Latina interview with Resumen Latinoamericano in English co-editor Bill Hackwell (more…)

Cuba Answers Slander with More Solidarity

By Nuria Barbosa León on June 16, 2020

Photo: Juvenal Balán

With another medical brigade departing, this time, to the Turks and Caicos, Cuba shares what we have, as a matter of principle. Without preaching, our actions speak for themselves and are (more…)

What Cuba Has to Teach, in Pandemic Times and Beyond

By Diana Block on May 1, 2020

In July 2019, I visited the Cuban Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) as part of the 50th Anniversary Venceremos Brigade. We were impressed by the (more…)

Let’s Stop Pretending Billionaires Are in the Same Boat As Us During This Pandemic

By Chuck Collins on April 24, 2020

In this pandemic, we are unfortunately not in the same boat. Most Americans don’t even have a canoe. But some billionaires have taken to the high seas in their yachts – literally – to ride (more…)

What Comes After the Flood?

By Stella Calloni on April 28, 2020

Photo: Bill Hackwell

It is enough to look at the faces of the presidents who represent unbridled capitalism in times of decadence or to listen to their “speeches”, to understand some analysts who mention how (more…)

What Do We Mean When We Talk About the “New Order”?

By Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez on April 26, 2020

Mural by Diego Rivera

Transforming the world is a slogan of the people. The semantic hegemony over the idea of “New Order” is in a renewed dispute. It is not the first time that an international “crisis” (more…)

Cuba’s  Covid-19 Medical Brigades are not Medical Diplomacy They Are International Solidarity at its Finest

By Bill Hackwell on April 26, 2020

Photo:  Ismael Francisco Gonzalez

Today the latest medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. (more…)

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