By Stephen Millies on December 3, 2024
Brenda Martinez, American Indian Activist Leonard Peltier’s niece, at a rally for Peltier’s release in front of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Fargo on June 20, 2024. Photo: Chris Flynn / The Forum
Mr. President, If you can pardon your son, why can’t you free the Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier?
The 80-year-old man, a leader of the American Indian Movement, has been imprisoned for 48 years. He suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure, and a heart condition. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on December 3, 2024
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel leads the march in memory of the 8 student martyrs
This November 27, Cuba commemorated the 153rd anniversary of the execution of the eight medical students, an event that marked the history of our country. We never forget. This year, the pilgrimage march took place in Havana, where more than 80 thousand participants, mostly young students, joined the eternal homage to the martyrs who fell in 1871. The event highlighted the historical memory and the value of social and civic commitment among the new generations. (more…)
December 2, 2024
the disembarkation in Granma province, December 2, 1956
With a stem towards freedom, and sailing the sea in an epic voyage from Mexico to Cuba, 82 men aboard a small yacht starred -68 years ago today- in a disembarkation of rebellion and heroism that made the emancipation dream of a nation and its people be reborn. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on November 28, 2024 from Havana
photo: Gilberto Ante Herrera
On November 14, 1965, the first doctors trained by the Revolution graduated in the Sierra Maestra Mountain. The unique academic promotion was accompanied by Fidel, who left an indelible mark on the new health professionals. Hector Terry Molinet, one of them, told the details of that experience to local newspapers and Resumen Lationamericano. (more…)
By Frei Beto on November 27, 2024
Fidel Castro Ruz
November 25 marked eight years since Fidel’s passing. I could not say how many private conversations I had with him since I met him in 1980. After our first meeting, in Managua, I traveled numerous times to Cuba, and I think that, from 1985 onwards, in almost all of them I had the opportunity to meet him. (more…)
By Yaimi Ravelo on November 26, 2024
photos: Frente Amplio
“We have nothing to expect but that which comes from ourselves.”
This past Sunday, there was so much news happening in the world including the war of the US and NATO allies against Russia, the Zionist attacks in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, among others. In our region, the media marked the day by focusing on the second round of the presidential elections in Uruguay. (more…)
Edited by Ed Newman on November 25, 2024
Monday marked eight years since the physical departure of the eternal Fidel Castro. From the steps of the University of Havana, Cubans — especially young people — paid tribute to the Commander, as a sign that his legacy remains here, in each of the people present and in so many others throughout Cuba and the world. (more…)
By John Perry on November 24, 2024
Nicaragua a threat? with the GDP of a small US city?
In the dying days of his administration, President Biden must have needed a reminder by his officials on November 22. He had to decide whether Nicaragua still poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”. Presumably he agreed that it does, because he renewed its status as a “national security threat” for a further year, repeating the designation that first began under the last Trump presidency. (more…)