By Alejandra Garcia on April 9, 2023 from Havana
Rescuer at the Antonio Guiteras CTE Photo: Raúl Navarro González
The eyes and thoughts of Cuba have been on Matanzas since April 7, when a chimney tower of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant partially collapsed, leaving four people trapped in the rubble. Two of them did not make it out alive. (more…)
April 6, 2023
Gabriel Boric
Chile’s neoliberal government of President Gabriel Boric is close to securing a new law that expands the right of security forces to use firearms against the population. The Naín-Retamal Law, a proposal of the executive branch, was today approved by the Senate for a third and final reading. (more…)
By Hedelberto López Blanch on April 7, 2023
Luis Almagro, photo: El Tiempo
Like the movie “Around the World in 80 Days” the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro tried to compete with that film and for two years spent honeymoons in about 30 countries with a dear whose expenses were mostly paid by the organization. (more…)
By Juan José Olivares on April 7, 2023 from Mexico City
La Colmenita performs at the UN in 2011, photos: Bill Hackwell
“Children should meet once a week to see who they can do some good for.” This phrase of Cuba’s José Martí is recalled to La Jornada by Carlos Alberto Tin Cremata, director and dynamic founder of La Colmenita, Cuba’s national children theater company; (more…)
By Frei Betto on March 31, 2023.
Today, the coup that implemented 21 years of military dictatorship in Brazil will be 59 years old. It actually took place on April 1st. But since April Fool’s Day is celebrated on that date, the military moved the commemoration back to March 31. (more…)
By Ben Norton on April 6, 2023
The global de-dollarization campaign is gaining momentum, as countries around the world seek alternatives to the hegemony of the US dollar. (more…)
By Atilio A. Boron on April 5, 2023
photo: IANS
Donald Trump appeared in Lower Manhattan Criminal Court to face charges, allegedly more than thirty, for having bought the silence of porn film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump paid $130,000 for her not to reveal that, years earlier, she had had a sexual encounter with the tycoon. It is striking that with many other charges against the former president, including his responsibility for the very serious riots of January 6, 2021 (more…)
By Ana Hurtado on April 4, 2023
photo: Abel Padrón Padilla
Cuba’s victories are piling up. There were many people who were full of praise for the victory of the U.S. baseball team in Miami, without expecting that this “defeat” for the Cuban team, and I am putting it in quotation marks on purpose, was the best thing that could happen for everyone in the face of public opinion and the international panorama. (more…)