By Frei Betto on July 8, 2023
photos: Bill Hackwell
I spent part of June in Havana, where I advise the Food Sovereignty and Nutritional Education Plan (Plan San). At this point the effects of a set of factors that has hit hard the lives of the population are more evident: the genocidal blockade imposed by the U.S. more than 60 years ago; the pandemic; the climate crisis; and the war between Russia and Ukraine, suppliers of inputs, fertilizers and tourists to the Caribbean island. (more…)
By Caitlan Johnson on July 4, 2023
CNN reports that President Biden has nominated criminal neocon Elliott Abrams for a position on the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, which according to the US State Department is responsible for “appraising activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics” (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 6, 2023 from Havana
Cuba is currently hosting a 4 day high-level meeting of Ministers and experts of Environment of the member countries of the Group of 77+China. Nearly 1,400 researchers, academics, and students from over 23 countries are gathering in Havana to exchange experiences and sustainable practices. (more…)
By Mark Ginsburg on July 3, 2023
Over the weekend of June 22-25, the National Network on Cuba, of which the Bay Area Cuba Solidarity Network is a member, organized a series of activities in Washington, DC to protest US policies against Cuba. While the overall US Government’s polices restricting trade with and travel to Cuba (i.e., the embargo or blockade) was the general focus of the protest, particular attention was given to Cuba being placed on the State Department’s list of “state sponsors of terrorism.” (more…)
By Alan MacLeod on July 5, 2023
Fort Benning, the infamous Georgia U.S. military base, is once again in the news, changing its name to Fort Moore, thereby ditching its Confederate name. Yet none of the media covering the rebranding – not The New York Times, the Associated Press, CNN, ABC, CBS News, USA Today nor The Hill – mentioned the most controversial aspect of the institution. (more…)
By Randy Alonso Falcón on July 4, 2023
The issue of the existence of one or several Chinese bases in Cuba has become a recurring motif these days for the most retrograde forces in the empire. It is the new way to attack the emerging power, the small rebellious country and the forces of the Democratic Party with the same shot, in the midst of an early election campaign. (more…)
July 3, 2023
250,000 rally in the Mexico City Zocalo for AMLO’s 5th anniversary in office. photo: Morena
Since assuming office, President President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as AMLO, has taken significant steps in strengthening Mexico’s sovereignty and challenging the hegemony of the United States. His administration has also made enormous strides in uplifting poor and working people in Mexico. (more…)
By Ricardo Arturo Salgado on July 3, 2023
President Xiomara Castro, photo: Rebelion
These days, we are entering a new phase in Honduras in the attempt of the right to provoke a color revolution. (more…)