By Gustavo A Maranges on February 13, 2022
photo; wiki commons
The Commission on the Political System of Chile’s Constituent Assembly has passed an initiative to turn the South American country into a Plurinational State. It was passed with 19 favorable votes, only three votes against, and a similar number of abstentions. This is the first step to include such a progressive achievement into the new Constitution, which should be set to vote on in the second half of 2022. (more…)
By Ilka Oliva-Corado on February 13, 2022
remittance
He left the second shift at three in the afternoon, after he had worked from 5 to 10 a.m. in a furniture store cutting wood and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second shift, cleaning offices. On his way to the third shift where he works as a waiter’s assistant in a Lebanese restaurant he stops at a Mexican supermarket to send his weekly remittance to his family in San Sebastian, Retalhuleu, Guatemala, it is Sunday and he is working like every other day of the week. (more…)
By Susana Antón Rodríguez on February 10, 2022
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, spoke this Tuesday with Gail Walker, executive director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), to which the Pastors for Peace Caravan belongs. (more…)
By Orlando Oramas León February 12, 2022
photo: efe
The United States fails to comply with the migratory agreements it has made with Cuba, and at the same time encourages illegal emigration from the island, whose population it is trying to suffocate with the economic, commercial and financial blockade. (more…)
By Ramón Frontera Nieves on February 9, 2022 from Puerto Rico
quality of life. photo: Ramón Frontera Nieves
A massive protest of teachers filled the streets of San Juan today as they marched to the governor’s mansion demanding a salary increase and a dignified retirement pension. Known in Latin America as a cacerolazo, many of the protestors banged on pots and pans and other kitchen utensils. (more…)
By Gustavo A Maranges on February 10, 2022
This week, many media outlets in Brazil spread information assuring that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was leading in the polls, aiming at the next October 2nd presidential elections in Brazil. (more…)
Today marks one month since the passing of Alicia and for her family, friends and colleagues we continue to grieve our enormous loss. We are taking the occasion to re run her last interview that took place in June of 2021 with Cuba Si. Next week the National Network on Cuba will be sending out invitations to a tribute webinar in her honor taking place on March 5. Please save the date –Bill Hackwell, editor, February 11, 2022 (more…)
February 7, 2022
“Did you find more gold?” @jrmaniaCCS
The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, responded to the UK’s Deputy Head of Mission to Caracas, Duncan Hill, asking him to return the gold that his country has stolen from Venezuela. Cabello made the statement in response to a tweet that Hill had posted on his Twitter account, in which he is seen enjoying the Naiguatá Peak near Caracas after enjoying a day of hiking. (more…)