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Havana’s International Book Fair Kicks Off in Cuba

By Alejandra Garcia on February 15, 2024 from Havana

Today, the 32nd Havana International Book Fair, the island’s biggest festival and the most attended event in Cuba, opened its doors, attracting the gaze of literature lovers from the country and the world. From February 15 to 25, 2024, this Wonder City will welcome domestic and international readers, authors, publishers, librarians, and celebrities who seek to experience the unique identity of this fair, which has no comparison with events of this kind in other latitudes. (more…)

Venezuela Denounces US ‘Blatant Theft’ of Cargo Plane

By Andreina Chavez Alava on February 13, 2024 from Caracas

The Boeing 747-300 was confiscated in Argentina in June 2022, leading to a legal battle with Venezuela for its recovery.

The US government has completed the seizure of Venezuela’s state-owned Boeing 747-300 cargo plane that had been grounded in Argentina for 18 months on a US request. (more…)

Argentina: Cristina Kirchner’s Analysis of Javier Milei and the Country’s Situation

February 14, 2024

Cristina Fernandez Kirchner

After having remained practically silent since Javier Milei’s inauguration last December 10, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) published a document that analyzes the arrival to power of the libertarian and the economic crisis Argentina is going through. (more…)

Cuba: The Sunflowers Are Here

By Ana Hurtado on February 14, 2024

Although sometimes everything may seem murky to us, there is always a light that pierces the darkness. There is always a sunflower or a flower that proves that even though there may be inclement weather, what is born to live does not die.

Wherever a flower grows there is life. And Cuba is brimming with life, not only because of this metaphor, but because of a unique and indispensable essence: its people. (more…)

The US – Between Wars and Sanctions

By Juana Carrasco Martín on February 13, 2024 in Havana

Ever since South Africa accused Israel of genocide before the UN International Court of Justice, the Washingtonian godfather has been getting ready to take action, not to stop the genocide that the Zionist apartheid regime executes against the Palestinian people with the weapons and funding it provides, but to punish Pretoria for its audacity (more…)

Network in Defense of Humanity: Current Challenges Two Decades after its Creation

By Laura Mor on February 12, 2024 in Havana

Abel Prieto, Pres. of Casa de las Americas; José Ernesto Novaez, Coordinator  REDH, Photo: Yaimi Ravelo

Within the framework of the II International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Leftist Parties and Movements this morning at the Havana Convention Palace, the Network in Defense of Humanity (REDH) held a forum which brought together 92 leading intellectuals, and academics from 35 countries, the meeting of the Network in Defense of Humanity – REDH at the Palace of the Conventions here in Havana. (more…)

Venezuela: María Corina Machado and the Betrayal of the Homeland

By Atilio Borón on February 12, 2024

Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela announced on Friday that the disqualification of opposition candidate María Corina Machado, for 15 years was ratified. Photo: Gaby Oraa.

There is a gesture that clearly shows that senility is not only a problem of President Joe Biden but of the empire as a whole. A few days ago, the United States Government announced new sanctions against its Venezuelan counterpart after the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice to ratify the disqualification of Mrs. María Corina Machado to run as a candidate in the next presidential elections. (more…)

Cuba: Herbert Matthews’ Great Interview, Sixty-Six Years Later

By Guillermo Suárez Borges on February 11, 2024

Herbert Matthews interviewing Fidel in the Sierras.

“I never did another story that gave me more professional satisfaction…I only take credit for having correctly interpreted what I saw and heard, for having realized that the extraordinary young man who opened his heart to me in whispers, for three hours, would be the one around whom the hopes and passions of Cuba would be concentrated, for a tide of victory”. (more…)

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