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Trolls in Power

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on February 1, 2024

Who needs press conferences with civilized exchanges, debates with politicians behind podiums or speeches in a square when you have instant access to unfiltered digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI)? (more…)

U.S. Federal Court Concludes Israel’s Assault on Gaza Is Plausible Case of Genocide

from the Center for Constitutional Rights on Jan 31, 2024

US federal court in Oakland, photo: Bill Hackwell

While Dismissing Case on Jurisdictional Grounds, U.S. Judge “Implores” Biden Administration to Stop its “Unflagging Support” for Israel’s Ongoing Siege of the Palestinian People in Gaza (more…)

Speech by Mariela Castro at the II International Meeting of Europe for Cuba

By Mariela Castro on January 31, 2024

Good morning,  First of all, I would like to thank comrade José Antonio Toledo and the team in charge of organizing the II International Meeting of the Europe for Cuba Channel, which is being held these days in the city of Bilbao, in the Basque Country. (more…)

Migrant Caravans Are Challenging an Oppressive Border Regime

By Timor Landherr on January 31, 2024

Central American migrants taking part in caravans that cross Mexico’s territory are often presented as pawns manipulated by NGOs or smuggling gangs. In fact, they’re making an active choice to challenge a violent border system that extends far beyond US soil. (more…)

Venezuela: Tightening the Screws Again?

By Marina Menéndez Quintero on January 31, 2024

photo: El Universal

It could be easily be predicted that the planned presidential elections to be held this year in Venezuela would be the scene of new attempts of pressure from the United States. (more…)

Cuban People Will Debate Measures to Boost the Economy

By Alejandra Garcia in Havana on January 30, 2024

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel,  photo: Bill Hackwell

Cuba needs development, even if it seems impossible amid increasingly adverse international conditions. And it needs to develop without trampling on the most vulnerable but also in being consistent with the world around us which is unstable, marked by inflation, and the exponential increase in essential goods. All of this in world of escalating tensions. (more…)

January 1959: Fidel in Venezuela, a Telluric Visit

By Dalia Reyes Perera on January 26, 2024

Just days after the triumph of the Revolution Fidel goes to Venezuela to thank them.

On January 23, 1959, just days after the triumph of the Cuban revolution, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro visited Venezuela. The leader’s stay corresponded to a historical debt Cuba had with the sister nation. (more…)

The Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace Turns Ten Years Old

By Javier Tolcachier on January 29, 2024

II CELAC Summit in Havana, Cuba, 28-29 January 2014

These days we are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Declaration of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. (more…)

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