By Gustavo A Maranges on May 29, 2022
ushering out Bolsonaro’s neoliberalism, photo: Bill Hackwell
Brazil is one of those countries with the greatest political and economic weight in Latin America. Now, in the context of October’s presidential elections, the country’s most conservative sectors, led by current President Jair Bolsonaro, intend to make their last moves to dismantle as much as possible any possible hint of social policy. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 29, 2022
ALBA Conference in Havana. photo: Yaimi Ravelo
Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua found an alternative and inclusive platform where they could freely express their ideas and advocate for a true Latin American union, contrary to the Summit of the Americas being convened by the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden in Los Angeles. (more…)
By Sheila Xiao and Manolo De Los Santos on May 26, 2022
May 1, march in Los Angeles
Parallel to the exclusionary Summit of the Americas organized by the Biden Administration, people’s movements and organizations have organized the People’s Summit for Democracy to uplift diverse voices from across the region and engage in necessary dialogue. (more…)
May 27, 2022
photo: EPA
During a regional meeting of Ministers of Education, Argentine President, Alberto Fernandez, called out on Thursday the persistence of inequality between North and South in a globalized world and the need to “unite voices”, a context in which he referred to Cuba by saying, “in our continent we have a country that has been blockaded for six decades” and added that “we should be ashamed that this is happening”. (more…)
“ALBA-TCP REJECTS EXCLUSIONS AND THE DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT IN THE SO-CALLED SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS IN LOS ANGELES”
The Heads of State and Government and the Heads of Delegations of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), gathered in Havana, Cuba, on May 27, 2022, at its 21st Summit: (more…)
By Angel Guerra on May 26, 2022
Bogota rally for the Petro-Márquez slate
The probable victory of the progressive candidate Gustavo Petro in the Colombian presidential elections, taking place this Sunday, arouses great hopes there, in our region and in other corners of the planet. Polls show him winning, although not quite with half and the plus one of the valid votes needed to declare him the winner in the first round. (more…)
By Raúl Romero on May 23, 2022
It was March 1982 and the 24th year of the Revolution in Cuba was underway. By then, the island already had 2,000 health workers -more than half of them doctors- collaborating in 26 countries. The feat was incredible if we remember that after the triumph of the revolution in 1959 there were barely 3,000 doctors left in the largest of the Antilles. (more…)
By Marco Fernandes on May 24, 2022
photo: Marcos Espero
The world wants the conflict in Ukraine to end. However, NATO countries want to prolong it, increasing arms supplies to Ukraine and declaring that they seek to “weaken Russia”. The United States had already earmarked $13.6 billion to arm Ukraine. Biden has just requested $33 billion more. By way of comparison, ending world hunger by 2030 would require investing $45 billion per year. (more…)