By Julieta Díaz Lozano on July 25, 2023
Castillo, Freedom and Restitution, Photo: Román Heli Paredes
In total more than 100 thousand people mobilized throughout the country calling for the resignation of the coup leader Dina Boluarte in Peru. Again there were arrests and injuries. In spite of a gigantic repressive operation and a campaign of fear of several weeks, a multitude participated in the streets of the so-called Third Seizure of Lima this July 19. (more…)
By Freedom Archives on July 26, 2023
credit: Raul Martinez, 1969
It happened 70 years ago on July 26, 1953—the attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago, Cuba. At the time, it may not have seemed of great historical import, but in the light of hindsight, it sparked the process that led to the Cuban Revolution—and that changed the world! (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 25, 2023 in Havana
the Moncada, photos: Bill Hackwell
Tomorrow, the eyes of Cuba are on Santiago. The leaders of the island, Santiago inhabitants, and Cubans from all over the country are in the city where it all began 70 years ago. For others in other parts of the island we will be closely following the calendar of activities that will be held to honor our National Day of Rebellion. Such a history to think that it has been seven decades since Fidel and the other revolutionaries, attacked against all odds, the Moncada Barracks with weapons that he characterized as being more appropriate for bird hunting. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on July 14, 2023
2017- international conference calls for the closing of Guantanamo, photo: Bill Hackwell
For the first time in 22 years, a United Nations independent rapporteur was granted permission by authorities to visit the prison maintained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The UN official, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, an Irish law professor, came to the same conclusion as prisoners and lawyers who have been able to offer testimony from the inside: (more…)
By Atilio Boron on July 22, 2023
Atilio Boron, photo: Bill Hackwell
In recent times, any analysis on Argentine politics or the Argentine economy does not fail to mention the IMF as one of the fundamental, if not decisive, actors of national events. And its influence on the Government’s decision-making process, on what it does or does not do, more than deserves this recognition. (more…)
July 23, 2023.
Miguel Diaz Canel, photo: Bill Hackwell
The leadership of Cuba has defended once again the altruism of its medical missions outside its borders, in the face of attacks from the United States. (more…)
July 21, 2023
protest against US aggression against Venezuela, photo:Bill Hackwell
This year, the legislative arm in Washington has introduced three bills in the U.S. Congress against Venezuela: the Prohibition of Transactions and Leases with Venezuela’s Illegitimate Authoritarian Regime Act, the Venezuelan Human Rights “AFFECT” Act and the Venezuelan Democracy Act. The bills have a common denominator: to further increase the pressure of the blockade and impose on it a framework of “humanitarian assistance”. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 20, 2023
The people of Peru took to the streets this Wednesday and Thursday to demand the resignation of the main leaders of President Dina Boluarte’s regime, the advancement of general elections, and the restitution of democracy in the Andean nation. More than 20,000 Peruvians are the protagonists of the Great March of the Peoples, the Takeover of Peru. They want a change, and they want it now. (more…)