By Jorge Hernández Martínez on January 22, 2024
No interested person, scholar or connoisseur of the past or present realities of the United States would overlook the recurrent presence of a defined and notorious component of institutionalized violence, which reappears intermittently throughout its historical evolution as a nation. (more…)
By Ernesto Estévez Rams on January 21, 2024
Lenin Park, Havana, photo: Marcel Theodre
On the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin
Revolutions are not a bed of roses, they are made against the tide, facing the superior power, the apparent forces of the revolutionary changes. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 21, 2024
Galápagos Islands outcry after Ecuador allows US military to use airstrip
History repeats itself. For centuries, the United States has sought ways to intervene in Latin America to strengthen its military presence and dominance in the region whenever a country is in crisis. And it is happening again. The current security crisis in Ecuador is presented as an opportunity for the United States to deepen its military presence in the Andean country. (more…)
By Orinoco staff on January 20, 2024 from Caracas
President Petro with billionaire Bill Gates in Davos
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, made a statement while at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, that he would like to see “the power of international law” restored, and the global financial system changed. (more…)
By David Brooks on January 19, 2024
MLK tribute – Havana Cuba, photo: Bill Hackwell
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal,” declared the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. when he proclaimed himself against the war in Vietnam; at another time he stressed that “in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” (more…)
By Raul Antonio Capote on January 18, 2024 from Havana
photo: AFP
The recent events in the Gaza Strip have laid bare, as never before, the essence of Zionism and the complicity of the West and the US with the Israeli regime. (more…)
January 17, 2024, Kampala, Uganda
Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez
Speech by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Ministerial Preparatory Meeting of the XIX Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Your Excellency General Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda;
Dear Ministers and Heads of Delegations and distinguished Delegates and Guests: (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on January 18, 2024
The Monroe Doctrine must come to an end
Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a “new good neighbor” policy. The intent is to “foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation” with our neighbor nations. (more…)