By Alejandra Garcia on July 23, 2024 from Havana
The Martyrs of the Moncada, photos: Bill Hackwell
The countdown begun for July 26, our National Rebellion Day, and this year the eyes of the people will be on Sancti Spiritus, the main venue of the celebrations. Cuba will mark 71 years of one of the most heroic events in the long history of struggle of this small island nation. On that day, in 1953, a group of young men led by Fidel Castro, attempted to storm the Moncada Barracks, Cuba’s second-largest military fortress. (more…)
By Larry Marquez on July 22, 2024
Venezuelan electoral experts from the CNE audit voting machines in the pre-dispatch audit held on Sunday. Photo: Ultimas Noticias.
The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, informed that the authorities of the electoral body have “distributed 100% of the machines for the presidential election,” a task carried out with the presence of witnesses of all political parties participating in the election throughout the national territory, thus complying with the regulations for the upcoming July 28 presidential elections. (more…)
By María José Iglesias on July 20, 2024
Ignacio Ramonet, photo: Bill Hackwell
Although the bullet was “centimeters away” from killing him, “last Saturday’s attack is like a gift from heaven for Donald Trump, as it comes right on time to complete his victimizing story”. This was said yesterday by Ignacio Ramonet writer, journalist and sociologist based in France and a leading figure of the anti-globalization movement, (more…)
July 20, 2024
The International Court of Justice has ruled, by 14 votes to 1, that Israel must immediately cease all new settlement activities and evacuate all settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories. (more…)
Interview by Cira Pascual Marquina on July 20, 2024
Carlos Ron is Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America and heads Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Institute, which promotes peace and solidarity among the world’s peoples. In part one of this interview, we talk to Ron about two opposing worldviews: Bolivarianism versus Monroism. Ron argues that the US doctrine of Monroism has been applied to Venezuela with the aim of toppling its government.
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By Miguel Barnet on July 20, 2024
photos: Bill Hackwell
(Speech given at the Cuban the National Assembly of People’s Power, during the discussion of the draft Citizenship Law) (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on July 18, 2024
The right-wingization of contemporary society does not come out of nowhere. There are multiple variables that model this process, but a forced one points to the new social media that install the society of spectacle at a forced march. Just look at what happened on these platforms after the attack against Trump in Pennsylvania. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 18, 2024, from Havana
Women make up over 55% of Cuba’s National Assembly, photo: Estudios Revolución
The presence of Cuban women in the country’s political life is crucial, and is evidenced in each session of the National Assembly of People’s Power. The recent legislature, formed last year, is composed of 166 women, representing 55.74 percent. (more…)