May 20, 2024 from San Francisco
In 1804, the Haitian revolution successfully destroyed slavery in Haiti and won independence from France. In 1825, the French government sent warships to force the Haitians to pay their former French enslavers 150 million gold francs for their “lost property” or face an invasion. Paying off this “debt,” which was taken over by Citibank and estimated in today’s market to be up to 115 billion dollars, is what impoverished Haiti. In 2003, Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide demanded that France pay restitution. Nine months later he was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by France, US and Canada. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 20, 2025
The Esequibo is Ours, photo: Parra / AFP
Venezuela is gearing up for a significant electoral event on Sunday, May 25, as 36 political organizations will take part in the regional and parliamentary elections. A total of over 21 million citizens are expected to cast their votes, shaping the country’s political future at both local and national levels, in a defining political moment. (more…)
By Raul Antonio Capote on May 19, 2025 from Havana
The US flag, raised before the Cuban flag on May 20, 1902, in Havana. Photo: Granma archive
What republic do Carlos Giménez, Mario Díaz-Balart, Marco Rubio, María Elvira Salazar and company long for, if not for that farce of May 20? (more…)
May 20, 2025
Julian Assange at the Cannes Film Festival
During the premiere of a documentary about his life, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks displayed the names of 4,986 Palestinian children killed in Gaza. (more…)
May 19, 2025
Juana Lilia Delgado Portal
The BRICS represent a viable path through which the island could address some of its problems, Juana Lilia Delgado Portal, minister and president of the Central Bank of Cuba, said in an interview with Sputnik today. (more…)
May 19, 2025
Colombian president Petro meeting with the new pope.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro expressed his gratitude on Monday to Cuba and Venezuela, guarantor countries of his nation’s peace processes, for their efforts to help seal an agreement between insurgent groups and the government. (more…)
By Xiomara Pedroso Gomez on May 19, 2025
painting at the Universidad de Las Ciencias Informaticas, outside of Havana, depicting the moment of Marti’s death. photo: Bill Hackwell
Today marks the 130th anniversary of the death in battle of Cuba’s apostle, father of the homeland and revolutionary hero Jose Marti. When we wonder how the Cuban people can remain so determined and resolute, despite the relentless pressure from the empire of the North, the forever influence and teachings of Marti is a big part of it. (more…)
By Jose Ernesto Novaez Guerrero on May 17, 2025 from Havana
Ibrahim Traoré, revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso
In the African Sahel, a revolution is underway that is rarely mentioned in the mainstream media. In an area historically dominated by French colonialism and neocolonialism, the military in three states—Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—have seized power. (more…)