By Lucas Estanislau September 21, 2022
Workers at Monomeros celebrate the return of the company to Pequiven. Photo: Monomeros
The Colombian government recognized on September 19 the new management of the Venezuelan company Monómeros, located in Colombia, which had been appointed by the Venezuelan government. This decision marks the return of the company to the Venezuelan state after it spent the last three years controlled by opposition members linked to former deputy Juan Guaidó, with protection from former Colombian President Iván Duque. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on September 23, 2022
Arleen Rodriquez, photo: Roberto Garaicoa
Arleen Carlota Rodríguez Derivet is a recognized face of Cuban and Latin American journalism. Graduated in journalism in 1982, she has been a provincial correspondent, economic editor, deputy director and director of the Juventud Rebelde newspaper until 1997. Between 1998 and 2005 she worked as editorialist, radio program host and director of Tricontinental magazine. (more…)
By Cheryl LaBash on September 25, 2023
Havana, Cubans caravan against the blockade in front of the US embassy. photo: Alejandro Azcuy
Today car and bike caravans in many U.S. cities are rightly demanding that Cuba be taken off the U.S. State Department’s “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list.
Did you know there was such a thing? (more…)
September 22, 2022
“Given the strong attacks against the presence of Cuban doctors in Mexico, and after investigating and consulting with various sources, I open a thread to tell about the involvement of the USAID and Senator Julen Rementería, of the National Action Party (PAN), in the attacks,” political analyst Katu Arkonada denounced on his Twitter today. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on September 22, 2022
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
The 77th high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began on September 13 and so far 16 Latin America countries have spoken, and the differences in the tone and topics of the speeches reflects the complex political situation in the region. (more…)
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriquez Parrilla
Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the General Debate of the High-Level Segment of the United Nations General Assembly. New York, September 21, 2022. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on September 22, 2022
Humanity is Diversity. photo: Bill Hackwell
On September 25, the Cuban people will be voting in the referendum for the approval or rejection of the Code of Families. The new legal instrument will codify a set of very advanced rights for which Cuban society and the State have been fighting and will convert into legal text new realities arising from a much more diverse population. The new order creates institutions radically opposed to patriarchal and homophobic conceptions and practices on the organization of the family and society. (more…)
September 21, 2022
Colombian Representatives stand with Cuba, photo: PL
A group of more than 80 Colombian congressional representatives will file a letter addressed to their counterparts in the United States to remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, as confirmed by Senator Gloria Flórez. (more…)