By Hernando Calvo Ospina on January 10, 2024
relatives of the victims of the terrorist bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976, photo: Bill Hackwell
I have verified that the Cuban government has sent to the International Criminal Police Organization, better known as Interpol, the Resolution of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior published in the Official Gazette of December 7, 2023. The police entity, of which 196 countries are members, received the “National List of persons and entities that have been subjected to criminal investigations and are wanted by Cuban authorities”. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 9, 2024 from Havana
Cuba is facing a war-like economic scenario, with the pressures of the intensified U.S. blockade, a complex international context, and growing inflation amid the constant search for self-sustainability… This reality hinders all the efforts being made for the country’s economic performance. (more…)
January 9, 2024
Lizette Martínez
Cuba’s Ministry of Culture (Mincult) reported on Facebook the release from their posts of deputy ministers Fernando Rojas and Kenelma Carvajal, who were replaced by officials Lizette Martinez and Lillitsy Hernandez. (more…)
By Carlos Fazio on January 8, 2024
Deaths continue to mount in Gaza, Photo: Mohammed Saqer via @PalestineRCS/X
After three months of an asymmetric, hybrid war that combined scorched earth policy with collective punishment against the population of the Gaza Strip – without achieving the two main stated objectives: exterminating Hamas and rescuing the Israeli soldiers and civilians held by the Palestinian resistance groups since last October 7 -, (more…)
By Lenny Brody on Janurary 6, 2024
Photo: Christina Animashaun/Vox.
It is becoming clear that the United States is in a serious political crisis. By political crisis we mean that the ruling class is no longer able to rule and control the masses of people in the same way it has been running the country in the past period of time. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on January 8, 2024.
photo: Bill Hackwell
In January 2021, already at the end of his term, Donald Trump included Cuba in the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT). In this way, the U.S. administration once again suffocated the revolution a little more, canceling Obama’s “openings” and exacerbating the effects of a blockade that has lasted more than sixty years. (more…)
By Adalberto Santana on January 5, 2024
In the Latin American popular imagination, the Three Wise Men are emblematic figures of children’s dreams, especially in the popular sectors, since they bring the joy of toys in the early morning of January 6. In some Latin American countries such as Puerto Rico, this date is the main holiday of the year. (more…)
By Ricardo Vaz on January 5, 2024
image: Anton Watman, shutterstock
On October 18, 2023, the Biden administration eased select sanctions against Venezuela. Alongside suspended restrictions on banking, mining and debt transactions, the US Treasury Department issued a six-month license authorizing dealings with Venezuela’s oil and gas sectors. (more…)