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Cuba’s Parallel Reality in Paris

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on August 15, 2024

Mijaín López, photo: Victor Villalba Gutiérrez

Miserable is a society that imposes repudiatory practices of inquisition and falsehood. Miserable are those who deny Cuba the joy of its nine Olympic medals, the same number won by Denmark, a country without a U.S. blockade and without the press and the media reproaching its performance in Paris. (more…)

Hundreds of Legal Experts Push Biden to Drop ‘Punitive and Deadly’ Sanctions

By Brett Wilkins on August 14, 2024

Photo: Ringo Chiu/AFP

“Hundreds of millions of civilians around the world suffer – and hundreds of thousands have died – even in times of ostensible peace under the broad economic sanctions imposed unilaterally and illegally by the United States.” (more…)

The Fracturing of Latin America as a Preamble to Regional Balkanization

By Rafael Bautista S. on August 13, 2024

The alignment of certain governments to the crutch of “fraud”, to delegitimize the last elections in Venezuela, is seriously fracturing the region. The consequences of this new conformation of a bloc aligned with the geopolitics of the dollar, only outlines a scenario, (more…)

Fidel: The Man, the Politician, the Symbol

By José Ernesto Novaez Guerrero on August 13, 2024 from Havana

Fidel, graphic: Al Mayadeen

On his 98th birthday, it is worth noting some thoughts on the figure and significance of this great leader. (more…)

Hello, Elon Musk, your Network has been Banned

By William Castillo on August 13, 2024

Elon Musk

The World is on the edge, The telecommunications emporiums and the companies that manage social networks have become economic and politic mega-constructs. They now function as true states. (more…)

Venezuela is not Alone

By Stella Calloni on August 10, 2024

Chavez

The president of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council confirmed on Friday the triumph of Nicolás Maduro in the elections of last July 28 while the Superior Court of Justice investigates what happened at the request of the president-elect, and summoned the nine candidates participating in the elections, those who participated, except for Edmundo González. (more…)

Fidel is Fidel

By Alejandra Garcia on August 12, 2024 from Havana

Fidel is Fidel, photo: Roberto Chile

On August 13, Fidel Castro Ruz (1926-2016) would have turned 98 years old. Today, Resumen Latinoamericano honors the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, as told by those who knew him. (more…)

Media Coverage of Venezuela’s Presidential Election Normalizes US Interference

By Roger D. Harris and Peter Bolton on August 10, 2024

photo: Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images.

Corporate media’s coverage of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election is akin to an investigation of a homicide that is focused not with identifying the murderer but with an unpaid parking ticket of the victim. (more…)

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