By Alejandra Garcia on January 10, 2023 from Havana
Antonio Mella statue near the University of Havana. photo: Bill Hackwell
Ninety-four years ago today, Cuban communist leader Julio Antonio Mella was assassinated in Mexico City by the Cuban dictatorship of Gerardo Machado. He was just 26 years old at the time, and had already written dozens of progressive texts, initiated several student organizations and founded the Cuban Communist Party that prevails and honors his legacy. Resumen Latinoamericano traveled the streets of Cuba’s capital in search of his memory. (more…)
Ana B Montes after her release from prison
Here is an update and current image of Ana Belen Montes, after her release from prison … we share with you the only authorized statement she wanted to share and make public, sent through her lawyer Linda Backiel on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
By Marcos Maranges on January 8, 2023
Joe Biden recently issued new migratory measures to ease the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. He expanded the scope of Title 42 which will also apply now to Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Haitian migrants trying to enter illegally into the U.S. The Title 42 process allowed the U.S. to expel upward of two million migrants last year. (more…)
January 8, 2023
Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro took this Sunday by force the National Congress, breaking the blockade carried out by the Military Police and the National Security Force at the Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia. (more…)
January 4, 2023
photo: cuba standard
The recent sanction by a Florida court against cruise ship companies aims to frighten those who do business with Cuba and reinforces the ban on U.S. citizens visiting the archipelago, Granma newspaper denounced Wednesday. (more…)
By Zoe Alexandra on January 4, 2023
vigil in Ayacucho for the victims of the December 15 massacre. photo: Zoe Alexandra
On December 15, 2022, while helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru’s national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho. This action was in response to a national strike and mobilization to protest the coup d’état that deposed President Pedro Castillo on December 7. (more…)
By Ricardo Vaz on January 3, 2023
Wannabe President Guaido at the White House
And so it ended. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. After all, it was made of cardboard.
It is very rare to have a political phenomenon beautifully encapsulated in a single moment or image. But in the case of (former) self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaidó, we got exactly that. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 5, 2023 from Havana
US embassy in Havana, photo: Bill Hackwell
Yesterday the US embassy in Cuba resumed a limited immigrant visa process after nearly six years without consular services. The administration of the nefarious Donald Trump (2017-2021) closed the headquarters and reduced its employees under the pretext of alleged acoustic attacks against its diplomats, a theory almost taken out of a fiction book that was discarded by scientists and official reports. (more…)