July 20, 2023
President Ortega and VP Rosario Murillo at the 44th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution.
The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, demanded on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) respect his country and defended the decision not to sign the resolution of the Summit held in Brussels between the European Union (EU) and CELAC. (more…)
By Susana Hurlich on June 21, 2023 from Havana
flags of CELAC countries
Now, more than ever, it is important that we understand Cuba within the context of developments within the Latin American, Caribbean and indeed world arena. Our solidarity work with and on behalf of Cuba must include giving a greater visibility to what’s happening in the region, especially to initiatives that are virtually invisible (intentionally so) within the mainstream media. (more…)
Interview with Hernando Calvo Ospina by Marleen Bosmans / Marc Vandepitte on July 19, 2023
Gustavo Petro
The election of Gustavo Petro last year as the new president of Colombia filled many with hope. DeWereldMorgen spoke with Hernando Calvo Ospina about peace negotiations, reform plans and Colombia’s positioning in the world. (more…)
By Ariel Gold and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler on July 18, 2023
mourners at the funeral of Oscar Romero, photo: Harry Mattison/IPC
To honor those who have died and suffered from the fires Biden nominee Elliott Abrams lit and fanned abroad, we must stop his appointment.
It was a bright sunny March morning in 1980. Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was saying mass at a church hospital in San Salvador when a bullet from a sniper rifle ripped through his heart. He stumbled and fell to the ground, dead. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 18, 2023
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel
This week, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended the III Summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) held on July 17 and 18 in Brussels, Belgium. For 48 hours, the Cuban leader and other government authorities put the island in the spot light and felt the love and respect that authorities and political figures from other latitudes feel towards Cuba and Cubans. (more…)
By Dailenis Guerra Pérez on July 18, 2023
photo: Waldo Mendiluza Rodríguez
Heads of state and social leaders spoke out today against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States on Cuba, during the III Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) – European Union (EU), held in Brussels, Belgium. (more…)
July 15, 2023
La Guaira Port, one of the most important points of Venezuela’s international trade.
During the last few months, several economic analysis firms in Venezuela have issued very negative reports and perspectives about the performance of the Venezuelan economy in 2023. (more…)
By: Elier Ramírez Cañedo on July 18, 2023
When in December 1823, President James Monroe announced in a message to Congress the doctrine that would define the essence of U.S. foreign policy towards the Latin American and Caribbean region, summarized in the idea “America for the Americans”, it justified the rejection of any new European attempt to interfere or extend its system of government to the American continent, as a danger to the “peace and security” of the northern nation, concealing its expansionist and hegemonic interests towards the south of the continent, particularly at that time towards Cuba and Mexico. (more…)