March 7, 2023
El Alto
“El Alto on his feet, never on his knees!” is a slogan that reflects the combative character of the inhabitants of this indigenous Aymara city in Bolivia, which since 2003, has shaped the country’s history. This city led the uprising against the privatization of natural resources in 2003, and then the defense of democracy in the face of the 2019 coup. Both struggles resulted in numerous massacres against those of El Alto who stood up to defend the country. (more…)
By Roberto Chile on March 8, 2023 from Havana on International Womens Day
Yaimi Ravelo by Roberto Chile
“Yaimí Ravelo, So Cuban; blonde but with a Black grandmother, has such honesty and nobility that makes her rise and grow whatever the challenges may be”. This is what journalist Graciela Ramírez, editor of Cuba en Resumen, had to say about the Havana correspondent of Resumen Latinoamericano, an Argentine multimedia outlet where the young photojournalist has been working since 2017. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on March 7, 2023
The peace process in Colombia is one of President Gustavo Petro’s government primary initiatives. During his presidential campaign, Petro pledged to achieve “Total Peace” in the country during his term, which is a very ambitious goal given the huge setback the country experienced during Ivan Duque’s right-wing administration and the oligarchy’s dependency on violence. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on March 7, 2023 from Buenos Aires
Night of the Libraries, photo: Bill Hackwell
As the sun was setting in Buenos Aires this past Saturday, the vibrant Corrientes Avenue that goes through the center of the city was shut down. Corrientes is closely connected to Argentine culture; lined with theaters and bookstores and on this occasion it was dedicated to The Night of the Libraries and honoring 40 years of democracy since the bloody dictatorship. (more…)
By Roger D. Harris on March 7, 2023
US Embassy in Havana
Even before the attack on the homeland of the weather balloons,
the Havana Syndrome tested America’s mettle. (more…)
By Jill Clark-Gollub on March 3, 2023
Opposition sniper firing from behind a roadblock in 2018. Photo by opposition activist Carl David Goette-Luciak.
Hybrid warfare tactics, including information warfare and the co-opting of human rights groups, make it hard to tell the good guys from the bad in the US-backed coup attempt in Nicaragua in 2018. But it is important to note the telltale signs of class oppression and terrorist tactics to understand the truth about the 222 people recently released to the US who were convicted of treason in Nicaragua for savage acts of violence against their people. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on March 4, 2023
Meta has been at it again. It deactivated 363 Facebook accounts of Cuban users, in addition to 270 pages and 229 groups, as well as 72 from Instagram. The operation covered other social networks such as YouTube, TikTok and Twitter, and included hundreds of pages of Bolivian citizens. (more…)
By Carlos Aznárez on March 5, 2023.
Viva Chavez!
Ten years have already passed without Comandante Hugo Chávez and his overwhelming drive to explain to the people what the Revolution to be built is all about. Yes, the Revolution with capital letters, which is not the same as appealing to the reformist or social-democratic shortcuts to which some try to accustom us. (more…)