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Demonstrations in New York, Los Angeles and other Cities Call for an End to the Blockade on Cuba

October 30, 2022

NYC photo: Erin Feely Nahem

Large demonstrations on the east and west coasts of the US took place yesterday calling for the end of the Blockade of Cuba as the annual vote in the General Assembly of the UN approaches this week. (more…)

Drops of Love for Natali

By Susana Besteiro Fornet on October 27, 2022

opening of La Gota de Aqua at the Chaplin Theater in Havana

How much desolation can be contained in a mother’s tears? All that is caused by the impotence of knowing her daughter is sick. How much hope is there in the smile of a child? Absolutely all of it. (more…)

NATO in the Amazon: Petro Plays with Fire

By Roger D. Harris on October 26, 2022

So Com commander Laura Richardson meeting with Colombia President Gustavo Petro

NATO recently expanded to Sweden and Finland, has been de facto incorporated in Ukraine, and may extend to Georgia. Now, NATO’s entry into the Amazon is in the works under the aegis of newly elected President Gustavo Petro of Colombia. (more…)

CELAC: Integration Remains a Regional Priority

By Gustavo A Maranges on October 27, 2022

photo: Cuba Minrex

The XXIII Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the III Meeting between the regional bloc and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (EU) took place this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (more…)

Cuba: USAID Versus the Culture of Internationalism

By Javier Gómez Sánchez on October 27, 2022

Photo: La Jiribilla

The announcement issued last October 18 that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), after the devastation of Hurricane Ian, will make a donation of humanitarian aid valued at two million dollars to Cuba through the International Red Cross, immediately generated a media hullabaloo and a flurry of opinions in various digital networks. (more…)

Bolivia: Elitist Coup Attempt in Santa Cruz

By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on October 27, 2022

“No to unemployment, yes to work, workers in Santa Cruz protest bosses strike. photo: AFPPIX

The ultra right-wing governor of the department of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, and his separatist clique have been maintaining an elitist and bosses’ strike against the government of Bolivia since October 21, which has already cost one life and economic losses of tens of millions of dollars. (more…)

The Sport of Marking the Enemy

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on October 27, 2022

On Monday at noon Twitter users noticed a modification to the tagging policy. The social media platform began tagging a group of public media outlets as “affiliated with the Cuban government” and the tag would in turn appear on messages sent or shared from any individual account that linked to those publications’ websites. (more…)

Emigration from Cuba and US Policy

By Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on October 26, 2022

This is a thorough analysis of the current Cuban migratory crisis and the history of the constant failure of the US to comply with the immigration agreements between the two countries. – Editorial (more…)

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