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Cuba: A Frontal Assault against the Effect of Hurricanes and Earthquakes

By Granma on November 12, 2024

Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel. Photos: Estudios Revolución.

We are running this article to demonstrate the tremendous human effort the Cuban people are putting up to get back on their feet after these 3 natural disasters hit the island in the span of a couple of weeks. It is the perfect time to increase the demand for Biden to take Cuba off of the scurrilous State Sponsors of Terrorism list (SSOT) before he leaves office.  One immediate personal way to support the emergency situation is to send a donation to The Peoples Forum that is already delivering critical supplies to the island. (more…)

The United States: an Abyss in the Center

By Atilio Boron on November 10, 2024

photo: EFE

The resounding defeat of Kamala Harris  in the recent U.S. presidential election certifies, for the umpteenth time, that when a society has been won over by a generalized tension, lukewarm, moderate, evasive proposals such as those put forward by the Democratic candidate are the sure way to suffer a crushing electoral setback. (more…)

Cuba: The Leap into the Dark

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on November 7, 2024

photo: Yamil Lage, AFP

Cuba has experienced the deepest energy crisis in living memory. On Friday, October 18, the whole country went dark and the outages continued, although more than 60 percent of Cubans had been enduring for several weeks blackouts of more than 14 hours and interruptions in essential services, from drinking water supply to communication and public health. (more…)

Putin Approves Supply of 80,000 Tons of Fuel to Cuba

November 9, 2024

Russia has announced a $60 million diesel shipment to Cuba during bilateral meeting in Havana.The Russian assistance, authorized directly by President Vladimir Putin, represents an international effort to help stabilize Cuba’s energy sector. (more…)

Kamala Harris and the Hillary Clinton Redux

By Maciek Wisniewski on November 9, 2024

Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty

Noting how in recent months Kamala Harris and the Democrats gambled on turning the U.S. election solely into a token debate about “democracy” and “Trump’s character,” rather than focusing on policy and solutions to the issues that voters pointed to in polls as their biggest concerns – the state of the economy, inflation, or the genocide in Gaza (more…)

Argentina: Milei the Marxist

By Atilio Baron on November 9, 2024

Milei, photo: AFP

There are many reasons why the Argentine president will enter history through the service door, if he is lucky. Contrary to his delusions of grandeur, to his self-proclaimed mission of being the “redeemer” of a West won by the seven-headed hydra of collectivism, Javier Milei will be remembered instead as the ruler whose administration provided a new, more resounding and definitive ratification of the veracity contained in Karl Marx’s theory of capitalist economy. (more…)

Puerto Rico is a New Country: Hope Lives and the Fight Goes On

By Claridad Editorial, November 7, 2024

Rally of Alianza supporters

If the results of the recent elections show anything, it is how the Puerto Rican people have been shaping, transforming and realigning their political conceptions, and becoming aware of their own power, to retake and rescue our country from the clutches of those who want to hand it over and destroy it. (more…)

Address by Delcy Rodríguez at the World Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum

November 8, 2024

Address by Compañera Delcy Rodríguez, Vice President of Venezuela, at the World Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum, November 5th 2024

Delcy Rodriguez

Long live the Free Peoples of the World!

Long live this Great Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum, convened in Caracas, Venezuela, where, on behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, of the Venezuelan people,  we have welcomed all the Parliamentary Delegations that have gathered in this capital city to raise their voice against Fascism. (more…)

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