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Washington DC Gathering to Honor the Life of Alicia Jrapko and the Arrival of the Cuban 5 Archives Project

Please join Alicia’s life partner Bill Hackwell, Netfa Freeman and Cheryl LaBash for a social gathering of friends and colleagues who worked with Alicia Jrapko over the years. (more…)

Chernobyl Children in Cuba: An Untold Story (Part 3)

By Maribel Acosta Damas on April 3, 2022

dining hall in Tiarara for the Chernobyl children

March 29 marked 32 years since 139 children from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus arrived in Cuba after the impact of the explosion of the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. (more…)

Cuba Relaxes Entry Restrictions with Its Hopeful Scenario against Covid

By Alejandra Garcia on April 5, 2022, from Havana

May 1 in the Plaza of the Revolution returns. photo: Bill Hackwell

This week, Cubans and travelers from around the world received a long-awaited announcement. Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020, Cuba has relaxed its entry requirements for passengers traveling by air or sea. (more…)

Boric’s Visit to Argentina: The New Battle of Maipu

By Gustavo A Maranges on April 5 , 2022

photo: EFE

Maipu or Maipo is singularly one of the most important battles of the Latin American war against the Spanish Empire. This battle was won on April 5th, 1818, thanks to the role of Jose San Martin and his soldiers, who came from Argentina to help the Chilean patriot, Bernardo O’Higgins. (more…)

Chernobyl Children in Cuba: an Untold Story (Part 2)

By Maribel Acosta Damas on April 2, 2022

Chernobyl child in Tarará. Photo: Archive of the medical team

March 29, 2022 was the 32nd anniversary of the arrival in Cuba of 139 children from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus; after the impact of the explosion of the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. On that day, the longest humanitarian program in human history was born. CubaenResumen resumes the publication of Cubaperiodistas on the occasion of the date and proposes these stories published in its pages, be seen as a contribution and encouragement to true peace and for a better world. In a special showing, our documentary “Sacha, a child of Chernobyl” will be broadcasted again tomorrow on Cuba Visión channel of Cuban TV. (more…)

US Decline in the Region Triggers SOUTHCOM Command Operations

April 1, 2022

Gen. Laura Richardson, head of South Com, greets Gen.Luis Navarro, head of the Colombian Armed Forces. photo: Juan Chiari

The U.S. Southern Command has been mobilizing in various spectrums of its low-intensity warfare in South America and the Caribbean. Since the beginning of the Russian Federation’s special military operation in Ukraine, the Pentagon’s wing for the region has shown signs of remaining active in its hegemonic will in relation to what it considers its “backyard”. (more…)

60 Years after the Trial of the Mercenaries after their Defeat at Playa Girón

By Pedro Rioseco on March 29, 2022

Before appearing as defendants before a revolutionary tribunal on March 29, 1962, the 1,181 mercenaries paid by the United States who invaded our country at the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961, believed that their adventure would be a stroll and that the people would welcome them with open arms. (more…)

Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context

By Roger D. Harris on March 31, 2022

Alex Saab’s April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela. (more…)

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