September 16, 2022
The IMF released a report today on the Bolivian economy in which it recommends adopting drastic neoliberal measures, including; reducing workers’ salaries, cutting public investments, and ending currency controls. These policies have turned Bolivia from one of the poorest countries in the region into its fastest-growing economy. (more…)
September 17, 2022
photo: Peter Haden
The number of deaths of immigrants trying to reach the United States has increased exponentially. Joe Biden’s administration, despite his campaign promises, continues with its policy of repression and massive deportations. (more…)
By José Miguel Candia on September 13, 2022
The ultra-conservative congressman Ricardo López Murphy, put the finishing touches to the most formidable legal and media campaign -known in the democracy of the last 39 years- against the maximum figure of the Argentine popular camp and vice-president of the republic: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. (more…)
By Ángel Guerra Cabrera on September 15, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
The fierce policy of economic aggression of Donald Trump’s administration against Cuba, maintained, by the way, almost intact by Joe Biden to date is the focus of this article. But before entering into that matter, I invite the reader to share some considerations on the history of the economic war of the United States (US) against the island. (more…)
By David Bacon on September 14, 2022
Last day of the 23-day march from Delano, 5000 farmworkers and supporters headed for the state capitol in Sacramento. photo: David Bacon
Berkeley, Calif.—In California’s heated debate over farmworker voting rights, Democratic Party leaders are increasingly closing ranks against the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom who refuses to sign a bill to make it easier for workers to win union recognition. After a march by workers and supporters from Delano to Sacramento, President Biden himself weighed in. (more…)
By Don Fitz on September 13, 2022
photo: Ismael Francisco
Recent data shows that between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy (LE) in the US plunged almost three years while for Cuba it edged up 0.2 years. Yet, in 1960, the year after its revolution, Cuba had a LE of 64.2 years, lower by 5.6 years than that in the US (69.8 years). (more…)
By Judy Ancel on September 12, 2022
construction workers in Honduras march from site of the new US embassy to the existing one. photo: @AdriennePine> on Twitter.
The Biden administration has pledged that “the United States will work with governments to strengthen … the enforcement of labor laws, promote decent work, and support workers in exercising their freedom of association and collective bargaining rights,” as one of four pillars of its strategy to address the root causes of migration from Central America. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 13, 2022, from Havana
Eusebio Leal, photo: Bill Hackwell
Cuba has much to thank Eusebio Leal, who was, until his death, one of the men who most traveled, studied, and loved our country. Wherever he scratched, life from the past reappeared: from the most emblematic work of architecture of Old Havana to the most humble of the surrounding community buildings. (more…)