By Alejandra Garcia on September 26, 2024 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
World eyes are on the United Nations headquarters in New York City, as member states debate the most urgent problems of humanity during the 79th session of the General Assembly. Israel’s genocide against Palestine, which is now spreading to Lebanon and threatening the region and other continents, has been the main focus of these days of debate. (more…)
By Rosa Mirian Elizalde on September 26, 2024
The Malecon, Havana, photo: Bill Hackwell
Cuba is an island without a boat in sight. In Havana, from whatever height the bay can be seen, the sea is a neat blue line and days go by before a freighter crosses the horizon. It was not always like that. At the end of the 18th century and a good part of the 19th century, 40 percent of the traffic between America and Spain passed through Cuba, Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo. (more…)
By Pablo Meriguet on September 25, 2024
Ecuadorian President seeks to bring foreign military bases back to Ecuador. photo: Daniel Noboa
Last week, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa surprised Ecuadorians by announcing that he intends to reform the Constitution to allow the installation of foreign military bases. According to the Magna Carta, widely approved in a popular consultation in 2008, Article 5 stipulates that “Ecuador is a territory of peace. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on September 24, 2024 from San Francisco
Emergency protests broke out today in cities across the US calling for the immediate end to the US sending billions upon billions of military weapons to Israel as the world witnesses in horror the ongoing genocide in Gaza and now, with the green light from Washington, the new front that has been opened against Lebanon by the Zionist military. (more…)
September 24, 2024
Summit of the Future, photo: UN
In the context of the Summit of the Future that took place between September 20 and 23 in New York City, United States, several leaders and representatives of Latin American countries stood united while expressing their will by advocating for a more plural and equitable world. (more…)
By José Dídimo Escobar on September 23, 2024
Terrorists and their Protectors
On September 11, 35 former presidents and prime ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia wrote a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that Cuba be excluded from the list of state sponsors of terrorism compiled by the U.S. Department of State. (more…)
September 23, 2024
The head of the U.S. Southern Command, Gen.Laura Richardson, announced a Marshall Plan for Latin America. photo: So. Command
Laura Richardson, leader of the U.S. military’s Southern Command, recently called for the development of a new “Marshall Plan”, aimed at Latin America to counter the growing influence of Russia and China in the region. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti, on September 22, 2024.
The two top popes of the Venezuelan gusanos: Corina Machado and (In)mundo González Urrutia.
“It has never mattered to us that some European fascists vote for a resolution without any value against the sovereignty of Venezuela.” Thus, with the dignity and pride of one who feels heir to the Liberator Simon Bolivar, the president of the Venezuelan Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, during an international press conference, commented on the decision of the European Chamber to “recognize” as “president-elect” of Venezuela, the former extreme right-wing candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. (more…)