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The Covert War against Venezuela and Western Double Standards

By Carlos Fazio on September 5, 2024

Drawing Adán Iglesias Toledo

A little more than a month before the US presidential elections, Venezuela is in a state of relative peace and calm, in spite of the destabilizing attempts of the US, which is ultimately responsible for the sabotage carried out on August 30, (more…)

The United States and the Digital War against Cuba, a brief History

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on September 5, 2024

Rosa Miriam Elizalde speaking at the Conference at the Vietnam-Cuba Seminar – Socialist Press in Transformation.

Only once, that we know of, has the U.S. government publicly admitted that it has been the one boycotting Cuba’s access to the Internet. In November 2022, the Department of Justice recommended to the Federal Communications Commission the denial of a permit for the island to link to the submarine cable that interconnects Caribbean countries with the American continent. (more…)

Cuban Intellectual Abel Prieto says it is Necessary to Promote Anti-Fascist Thought

Edited by Ed Newman on September 3, 2024

Alberto Prieto, photo: Bill Hackwell

The president of Casa de las Américas, Abel Prieto, former Minister of Culture of Cuba, reflected on the need to promote and develop an anti-fascist culture and thought in the face of the advance of fascism in Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world. (more…)

Over 10,000 Hotel Workers in the US are on Strike

By Natalia Marques on September 3, 2024

Workers on strike at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Photo: UNITE HERE/X)

Over 10,000 hotel workers , organized by hotel workers’ union UNITE HERE, went on strike early Sunday morning across the United States in pursuit of fair wages, better working conditions, and more staff to help. As working people across the United States are increasingly squeezed economically, hotel workers are coming together on the picket line under the slogan “one job should be enough!” (more…)

US Steals another Venezuelan Plane in an Attempt to Escalate Conflict

September 3, 2024

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Deputy Cilia Flores, leaving the jet seized by the US. Photo: RedRadioVE

The United States again stole a Venezuelan aircraft, the Dassault Falcon 900EX with license plate T7-ESPRT, this time in the Dominican Republic. The operation, led by the Department of Justice, in its statement on the event reports that the aircraft was transferred to the Southern District of the state of Florida, to the city of Fort Lauderdale. (more…)

Start of the New School Year in Cuba

By Syara Salado Massip and Victor Villalba on September 2, 2024

Today Cuban schools opened their doors to receive more than one million 600 thousand students of the General Education System as a new school year begins. From very early in the morning, a parade in white, red and blue could be seen, where anxiety and joy were the protagonists of the encounter between the children of the previous year and the new ones, teachers, professors and students. (more…)

If the Truth Kills them, let them Die

By Ana Hurtado on September 2, 2024 from Havana

Photo: Enrique González (Enro)/ Cubadebate

Us. We revolutionaries, of Cuba and the world, if there is something we have to have, it is clarity. The enemy mutates, the context as well, but always behind it is the same background: to overthrow the Cuban Revolution. (more…)

Honduran President Xiomara Castro Rejects US Interference and Condemns Coup Plot

August 31, 2024

Honduran President Xiomara Castro. Photo: Xiomara Castro / X

Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced on August 28 that she ordered the suspension of the extradition agreement between her country and the United States. The move was in response to comments made by the US Ambassador to Honduras, Laura Dogu, regarding different high-ranking Honduran officials who had traveled to Venezuela. (more…)

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