By Graciela Ramirez and Victor Villalba Gutiérrez on August 9, 2010 from Matanzas
image: Victor Villalba Gutiérrez
It is shocking to take pictures, even from a distance, of the industrial zone of Matanzas. Black smoke and flames consume the fuel of the 3rd tank that collapsed last night. The images we have taken hardly give a true account of what we witnessed. (more…)
By Geraldina Colotti on August 7, 2022.
“It is said that no one really knows a nation until he has been in one of its prisons.” Nelson Mandela’s sentence opens a petition addressed to Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, president and vice-president of Colombia, who officially takes office today. It is signed by the National Penitentiary Movement, accompanied by hundreds of organizations and personalities. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 7, 2022 from Havana
Photo: Raul Navarro, Periodico Giron de Matanzas
The eyes of the world are upon Cuba after an enormous fire caused by a lightning strike on a crude oil storage tank in the Cuban city of Matanzas killed one firefighter and injuring more than 120 people. At least 16 people are missing while firefighters and specialized personnel are trying to contain the blaze. (more…)
By Mercedes López San Miguel on August 7, 2022
Gustavo Petro, photo: Europa Press
The unprecedented progressive turn that Colombia is experiencing today is due, on the one hand, to the long road traveled to converge in the Historical Pact and, on the other hand, to the Peace Agreement signed between the guerrillas of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and the State, in 2016. From then on, the leftist parties, besieged for decades, ceased to be stigmatized as actors of the armed conflict. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on August 7, 2022 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
Last week was very unusual in Cuba. A country characterized by its stability and calmness saw several protests take place throughout the whole country. The main cause of these events was the persistent power cuts that the Cuban Electric Union (UNE) has been forced to make due to fuel shortages and breakdowns in its generating plants. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on August 4, 2022
“Enough of the high cost of the basic food basket” photo: workers.org
After several weeks of strikes and highway blockades, on July 21st, the Panamanian government decided to cooperate in the solution to the current political and social crisis in the country and initiated a dialogue with the representatives of the organizations leading the national strike. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 4, 2022, from Havana
Carlos Laso meeting with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Marco Rubio has done it again. The man famous for slandering and being ashamed of his Cuban and Latino roots once again made a fool of himself before the world by requesting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to conduct an “immediate” inquiry into the ties between the U.S.-based solidarity group Puentes de Amor and Cuba. (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on August 4, 2022 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
The Code of Families in Cuba goes to referendum next September 25, after months of popular debate. In view of the solid arguments in its favor, little has been said against it that can be legally analyzed: religious dogmas (which should be exclusive to those who practice such beliefs and not imposed on a non-confessional society), prejudices, ignorance or simply outright falsehoods. (more…)