By Graciela Ramírez and Yaimi Ravelo on August 19, 2022 from Matanzas
Photos: Yaimi Ravelo
We are running 2 reports from our correspondents in Cuba who covered the moving farewell on Friday of a grieving nation to the 14 firefighters who lost their lives in the Matanzas tragedy. – editorial
Since the most serious fire in Cuba’s history broke out on August 5 at the Supertanker base in Matanzas, time and again we have come to this city to follow up on the raging fire and express our solidarity. (more…)
By Maxine Lowy on August 19, 2022
Chile’s new constitution, photo: Javier Torres AEP
Next month, on September 4, citizens in the South American nation of Chile will go to the polls in a plebiscite to decide whether to adopt a new constitution. The existing constitution was created in 1980 under the military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet, and for years many Chileans have argued that it prevents the country from being a full democracy. (more…)
By Daniel Kovalik on August 19, 2022
photo: Dan Kovalik
On August 7, 2022, Gustavo Petro and his running mate, Francia Márquez, were inaugurated as the President and Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia. This was one of the most historic events in Latin America for at least a century. (more…)
August 17, 2022
Argentinian unions and social movements are marching today towards the National Congress to protest against runaway inflation and ‘speculators’. (more…)
August 17, 2022
Maduro honoring Venezuelan firefighters who had been in Cuba
Today Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his gratitude to his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, who earlier had announced that his nation will support the reconstruction of the crude oil storage tanks that caught fire after being struck by lightning in the western province of Matanzas. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on August 18, 2022 from Havana
Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva and Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez
Last week, it became public that the newly formed Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will re-establish peace talks in the coming weeks. The statement was made by Foreign Affairs Minister Alvaro Leyva in Havana, the city where negotiations were taking place until they stalled. (more…)
By Ana Perdigón on August 16, 2022
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has criticized his Argentinian counterpart, Alberto Fernández, for following orders from the United States and for having the Venezuelan Boeing 747-300 detained in Buenos Aires, along with its crew. (more…)
August 14, 2022
Francia Marquez, photo: Bill Hackwell
The Vice President of Colombia, Francia Márquez, symbolically took office in her homeland, in the department of Cauca, where she announced that this week the creation of the Ministry of Equality, which she herself will lead, will be filed in Congress. (more…)