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Cuba: Lies and Cyber Attacks Remind us of the Days of Girón

By Omar Pérez Salomón on April 19, 2023

graphic: Lacoste

The history of Cuba and what is happening on the island, written under the orders of the centers of power of U.S. imperialism is full of falsehoods and lies, far from the truth and ethics. (more…)

Cuba Faces New Fuel Shortage Contingency

By Alejandra Garcia on April 18, 2023 from Havana

photo: Ismael Batista Ramírez

These days Cuba is facing a new fuel supply crisis that affects the national transportation system, both for private and public vehicles. (more…)

Peru’s Coup-Plotting Congress has 6% Approval, 91% Disapproval (but full US backing)

By Ben Norton on April 17, 2023

Peru’s unelected coup leader Dina Boluarte with the CIA agent turned US Ambassador Lisa Kenna (left); Peru’s deeply unpopular congress (right)

A polling firm found that Peru’s coup-plotting, right-wing-controlled congress has 6% approval and 91% disapproval. (more…)

Unusual and Extraordinary: Is Corruption the Enemy to Unify Chavismo?

By Clodovaldo Hernández on April 16, 2023

photo Bill Hackwell

If we follow along with most interpretations of the anti-corruption campaign undertaken by the Venezuelan government over the last few weeks, we would have to conclude that within Chavismo, the political conglomerate that sustains the Venezuelan revolution, there is a war of extermination between factions going on. (more…)

Cuba: 62 Years of Socialism

By Alejandra Garcia on April 16, 2023 from Havana

Fidel announces the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution.

Cubans who lived through the first years of the Revolution, remember April 16, 1961 as if it were yesterday. On that day, the corner of 23rd and 12th streets, in the capital’s Vedado district, was filled with thousands of people, combatants of the 148th battalion of the National Revolutionary Militias, guerrillas, and leaders of the new-born social process. (more…)

Marco Rubio Throws a Lollipop Tantrum

By Randy Alonso Falcón on April 16, 2023

Marco Rubio

Like a schoolboy having his lollipop taken out of his mouth is the way US Senator Marco Rubio is walking around these days. The politician of the Republican extreme right and supporter of sanctions against Cuba is very worried because soon the empire will have no way to sanction anyone. (more…)

Lavrov to visit Brazil, Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela

April 14, 2023

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

Russia appreciated the decision of Latin American countries not to join the West’s sanctions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an article entitled “Russia and Latin America: Forward looking partnership and cooperation” posted on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Thursday. (more…)

Venezuela: Every 11th Has Its 13th: Time To Dismantle Monroe Doctrine Politics

By Michelle Ellner on April 11, 2023

Massive popular mobilization overturned an oligarchic coup in April 2002

On April 11, 2002, there was an attempted coup against President Hugo Chavez’s democratically elected government in Venezuela. Chavez had prioritized programs to improve living conditions for those who were previously unrepresented, and established an independent foreign policy in favor of the nation’s interests. (more…)

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