By Carlos Aznárez and Roberto Perdía on January 30, 2022
Protest against the IMF in Buenos Aires. photo: Bill Hackwell
This past Friday, President Alberto Fernandez announced the new Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by which he set the will of his government to extend the payment of the debts contracted by former right wing President Macri , by assuming a series of commitments with that international financial organization, where the US has the leading voice. (more…)
By Pedro Domínguez Gento on February 1, 2022
photo: ICCCAD
After centuries of atrocities against people including wars, massacres, slavery, exploitation, the destruction of the environment, pollution of ecosystems, extinction of flora and fauna, etc., this insensitive and insatiable system has brought us to the current critical situation, including pandemics. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 30, 2022 from Havana
graphic: Martinera
This coming up February 7th will mark the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Blockade on Cuba, when the Kennedy Administration shut the door on any sort of normal commerce that most countries of the world enjoy even though sanctions and blockades have increasingly become a favorite weapon in the imperial arsenal. But the one on Cuba is the oldest and most comprehensive. (more…)
By Ilka Oliva-Corado on January 30, 2021
foto: Bill Hackwell
When Victorina agreed, she was already perched on a tire tube crossing the waters of the Rio Grande. The shouts of the other migrants brought her to her senses. What time was it? Maybe it was 1 or 2 a.m., but how could she tell if the sky was clouded, maybe it was around 3 a.m., the time when the roosters crow in her native Honduras. (more…)
By Benjamin Norton on January 29, 2022
photo: Jefrey Poveda
The leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua has revealed that it has signed an agreement with the People’s Republic of China to build thousands of houses for poor and working families. (more…)
By Graciela Ramírez on January 29, 2022
“they will not prevent us”
This January 27, while we were preparing different notes on national and international affairs, our website cubaenresumen.org was silenced. We could not upload any information, we thought at first it was due to a technical problem with the website. (more…)
January 29, 2022
protest against the IMF in Buenos Aires, photo: Bill Hackwell
Readers should not come away from this editorial in today’s La Jornada thinking that the IMF has somehow reformed itself, it remains as predatory as ever. However it is an interesting development that deserves following as they maneuver from this defensive position. – Editorial (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on January 27, 2022 from Havana
March of the Torches, photo: Bill Hackwell
One bright Sunday in the mid-19th century, little José Martí walked the streets of Havana hand in hand with his father, as Cuban poet Fina García Marruz described in a famous essay, a result from his rigorous biographical research. (more…)