By Vijay Prashad and José Carlos Llerena Robles on December 15, 2022
Pedro Castillo
On December 7, 2022, Pedro Castillo sat in his office on what would be the last day of his presidency of Peru. His lawyers went over spreadsheets that showed Castillo would triumph over a motion in Congress to remove him. (more…)
By Ramón Pedregal Casanova on December 15, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
On November 25, 1896, a proclamation was published in Havana by the Capital General Governor of Cuba, and General in Chief of the (Spanish) Army Valeriano Weiler, which ordered: (…) First. A term is set until December 20, all the corn deposited in the farmhouses is to be transferred by its owners to the nearest town that has a detachment or to the immediate railroad station. (more…)
By Joel García on December 14, 2022
Argentine soccer greats Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi
From the first line here I’m going to make it clear that I don’t follow soccer with the same passion as many of my colleagues and friends. Nor am I a Barcelona or Madrid fan. I admire the sport for the art and feelings it raises to such incredible levels. Of the players, I admit I am a fan of Lionel Messi not because he is number one in the world (which he is), but because I am a passionate admirer of Maradona and no one comes closer than Messi to that soccer God. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on December 13, 2022
Peru is experiencing a new episode of its long history of institutional crisis. Today, a new president occupies the seat in the Government Palace, only 16 months after the country elected the leftist teacher Pedro Castillo, and Peruvians are once again suffering uncertainty about the political future of their Andean nation. (more…)
By Pedro Rafael on December 13, 2022
Federal Police headquarters, Brazilia
Bolsonarista demonstrators attacked the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília last night in protest of the arrest of chief Sererê Xavante, one of the leaders of the coup protests in the Federal District. (more…)
By Atilio A Boron on December 10, 2022, from Buenos Aires
Cristina Fernandez
Like a very aggressive tumor, lawfare has metastasized and threatens to kill Argentine democracy. The decision taken by a gang of miscreants disguised behind the deceitful solemnity of a judicial platform dealt a heavy blow to the democratic process (more…)
By Lazaro Oramas on December 13, 2022
The protests in Cuba on July 11, 2021 were the result of the precision communicational bombardment on the brains of thousands of people overwhelmed, in Cuba, by months of severe material shortages.
It was the direct consequence, in turn, of the economic asphyxiation being applied, in the midst of the pandemic, by the same criminal hand: that of the US Government.
The messages on social networks were – and still are – elementary, without nuances: the Cuban government is to blame for the shortages caused by an unviable socialist system. Not a word about the criminal blockade.
This is how the Fifth Generation War, whose territory of conquest is the human brain, works: it makes certain victims turn the aggressor into a savior; and an elaborate strategy of social lobotomy becomes a “spontaneous protest for freedom”.
This cognitive warfare continues today. And it is coordinated, by the US Intelligence Community, NGOs, contractors and mercenaries presented as journalists or “agents of change”. They try, again and again, to repeat and extend the framework of the J11 protests. On top of that Cuba’s National Cyber Security Group fends off 1.6 million malicious internet attacks per week.
A year ago, the Cuban people, led by its president, took to the streets and stopped the attempted coup in less than 24 hours. Today the challenge is to get out of the acute economic crisis, even under the Yankee blockade.
Some people on the left have also fallen into the trap of cognitive warfare. But the majority in the field of solidarity, no. And they are today an indispensable part of the army that Cuba needs to win this merciless and unequal war.
Source: Cuba en Resumen
By Gustavo A Maranges on December 11, 2022 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
Once again, the U.S. policy toward Cuba interferes in yet another aspect of Cuba’s lives. This time it is not about the blockade, which is a daily thing, nor about absurd declarations or lists, but something that Cubans carry in their DNA and is part of their culture and history: baseball. (more…)